Have you ever received a text message from a random number alerting you that you’ve won a prize, gift card or “special government benefits”” Or how about those alarming texts that alert you to ...

Michigan's Department of Treasury warned residents this week to ignore unsolicited texts requesting bank information, calling the texts another in a long list of scams referred to as smishing. "This ...

(This story is made possible with the support of AARP) For the last year, I have noticed the SMS phishing or text scam messages to my cell phone became increasingly imaginative to the point where I ...

The Illinois Department of Revenue is warning taxpayers throughout the state about a new nationwide text message scam. The scam involves seemingly urgent texts appearing to originate from state ...

Officials with the U.S. Postal Service are warning of an ongoing text messaging scam that could target you this holiday season. Known as “smishing,” the U.S. Postal Inspection Service says the scam ...

According to Robokiller, Americans received 19.2 billion spam and scam texts in April 2025 alone — that comes out to about 63 spam texts for every person. There’s only one group of people who don’t ...

Early last year, Grant Smith received an alarmed message from his wife. She had gotten a text notification about a delayed package, clicked the link, and paid a fee. Then she realized that it was not, ...

Just as millions of Americans are sending presents and cards this holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service is warning about a scam sent via text message. According to the US Postal Inspector Service, ...