This week, a number of Verizon customers received a suspicious text message sent from their own phone numbers. "Free Msg: Your bill is paid for March. Thanks, here's a little gift for you," the ...

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...

If you get a text message claiming to be from the IRS this week, your first instinct is probably to delete it and block the number. And that's usually smart. After all, the IRS famously warns that it ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court is warning about a new scam involving fraudulent text messages claiming people owe outstanding traffic fines. According to the court, ...