A new year brings another set of phishing text messages making the rounds from scammers falsely claiming to be from ODOT and ...

Scammers typically target specific states and their toll programs, sending threatening messages to numbers within those states' area codes ...

Beware of fake utility company texts! Scammers are sending smishing messages warning of power outages during freezing weather ...

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.

"These text message alerts are a scam designed to trick recipients into paying an undisclosed amount, while alsogaining ...

“If it is a text asking for payment, it is a scam,” the DMV said in a statement.

CHARLOTTE — A new Consumer Reports survey finds texting and messaging scams have jumped 50% in the past year, and the group being targeted the most is Gen Z — the generation currently aged 13 to 28.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With the advent of smartphones comes the possibility of getting scammed by way of text message. That’s exactly the thing that the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is warning ...

Users are pnce again getting texts from the "DMV" and "MVC" warning them of outstanding traffic tickets and threatening punishment if they don't pay.

Various customers both locally and nationwide have been reporting these types of scams to law enforcement, the Middlesex ...

IRS impersonation scams use fake refund alerts and urgent account issues to steal taxpayer data during 2026 tax season, ...