A recent fraud case shines a spotlight on the many communication disconnects caused by disjointed software systems common at ...

State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal ...

(This story is made possible with the support of AARP) For the last year, I have noticed the SMS phishing or text scam messages to my cell phone became increasingly imaginative to the point where I ...

Michigan's Department of Treasury warned residents this week to ignore unsolicited texts requesting bank information, calling the texts another in a long list of scams referred to as smishing. "This ...

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 ...

Early last year, Grant Smith received an alarmed message from his wife. She had gotten a text notification about a delayed package, clicked the link, and paid a fee. Then she realized that it was not, ...

"They don't keep money, they spend it here and now." Det Ch Insp Paul Curtis is showing us around an evidence room piled high with designer shoes and handbags. Thousands of items are neatly stacked in ...

Just as millions of Americans are sending presents and cards this holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service is warning about a scam sent via text message. According to the US Postal Inspector Service, ...