"We are aware of a text message sent in error to some members of the public," a New York IT office spokesperson told Newsweek ...

The Federal Trade Commission says scam calls always spike this time of year during open enrollment. If you are tired of ...

Short for “SMS phishing”—cyberattacks that arrive via text message— smishing refers to a particular type of spam message that ...

Consumer Reports finds Gen Z is an easy target because they primarily use text messaging as communication, and they have payment apps on their phones.

"Hi, we chose you for our Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Candidate Assessment but you didn't respond. It's only 11 questions," the text message said, followed by a link. The scolding came out of the blue, ...

There has been an 86% year-over-year surge in U.S. adults targeted by phone, email and text scams, and text scams have flourished. A CNET report says 82% of Americans now get at least one scam text ...

Did you get an unwanted text from Cash App? The company is paying out a share of a $12.5 million settlement, but you must ...

Anonymous text messages containing disturbing content — such as claiming Black Americans had been “selected to pick cotton” — were sent the day after Election Day, targeting recipients in more than 20 ...

No, that text you just received from yourself is not the future you letting you know what stocks to invest in to become a millionaire. It’s spam and it appears to be impacting Verizon customers. Many ...

Racist text messages are being sent to Black Americans in Ohio and around the nation, telling them they're selected to be ...

Text messages that are not requested. Also called "junk text," spam text followed spam email as yet another annoyance for people. Spam text typically contains a link to a website for some product or ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked a judge to shut down an alleged text-messaging spam operation that sent out 85 text messages per minute at its peak, the agency said Wednesday. The alleged ...