If you get an urgent text message about a package, it's probably a scam. Here's how to tell, and how to avoid getting suckered.

Whether you've fallen for text message scams in the past or even just side-eyed a slightly suspicious text, there's no reason to feel embarrassed—according to the FTC, text message scams shook ...

Receiving a text about a customer refund can seem like good news-until you start to suspect it may simply be a scam. That has ...

I've been anxiously expecting a package from UPS. That's why a text I received the other day caught my eye. Claiming to be from UPS, the message said that the carrier attempted to deliver the package ...

First, it was phony parking tickets, then toll road scams, now scammers are at it again with an all-new, all-bad DMV text scam. The unfortunate popularity of this latest grift has caused states from ...

One of the more helpful features Apple introduced with iOS 26 is a new filtering system designed to make users less likely to fall victim to a phishing scam over text. With the volume of texting scams ...

Opening a text message announcing U.S. President Donald Trump's arrest will result in your bank account being attacked. A ...

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

Alexander Sammon received a suspicious job recruitment text from someone who claimed to be a hiring manager. He decided to play along to see how far the scam would go, and wrote about it for Slate. OK ...