Your phone comes with strong built-in spam protection—you just need to turn it on. Here's how to do it on both iPhone and ...

You already know to be wary of suspicious-looking text messages, but what happens if a text arrives from someone who appears ...

Waiting for online shopping purchases to arrive? Stay vigilant against scammers pretending to be the U.S. Postal Service.

Scam texts are targeting people ages 18 to 29 at record levels, with reports of attempted scams among Gen Z tripling.

Scammers are getting sneakier, so you have to be smarter to stay safe. Here are the newest scam text messages to watch out ...

ILLINOIS (WIFR) - A rise in text scams about unpaid traffic fines has Loves Park police and Illinois’ Secretary of State ...

DATA WAS COMPROMISED. YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING WHEN YOUR PHONE PINGS. IT’S A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER. OF COURSE. IS IT REAL OR ANOTHER SCAM? A NEW CONSUMER REPORTS SURVEY FINDS THAT TECH ...

A Google report on Thursday said that iPhone users are more likely to receive scam texts and calls than Android users, thanks to Google's more advanced protections built into the operating system, ...

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.

As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.

A Springfield woman says she was about to hand over her savings account information, but then spotted a red flag.

Scammers love to prey on hope, and with a 4.3 percent unemployment rate in the U.S. as of August 2025, they’ve got a lot of hopeful job seekers to pounce on. No matter the economic environment, though ...