Americans receive fraudulent or scam messages twice as much as other countries, according to new research. A poll of 10,500 adults from around the world found that the average American navigates an ...

Americans get scam messages nearly twice as often as people in other countries, according to a new global survey of over 10,000 adults. On average, Americans face nine scam calls, nine scam emails, ...

Knowing what red flags signal a scammer can save you a lot of time, money and financial heartache. Here are nine of the most ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities say criminals are putting a holiday spin on a common scam to take your information and infect your phones, tablets and computers. The South Carolina Department of Consumer ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS THE ANSWER. A VIEWER NAMED CHARLES JUST SENT ME THIS TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH EMAIL. HE POINTED OUT THERE WERE NO MISSPELLINGS, AND SOME OF THE OTHER TELLTALE SIGNS ...

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 ...

Phone scams aren’t the only threat anymore — scam text messages (also called “smishing”) are exploding in frequency and in financial damage. According to recent FTC data, Americans lost over $470 ...

I know there are constant financial scams, many targeting seniors. But the aggressiveness of the latest one chasing after me was still a surprise. Enough already! The first phone call came on Saturday ...

Scam texts relating to tolls and deliveries have made Chinese scammers billions. US-based mules are paid to max out credit cards digitally cloned from stolen data. The luxury goods purchased with ...

You’re in the middle of something when your phone pings — a text from an unknown number. Is it real, or another scam? A new Consumer Reports survey finds texting and messaging scams have jumped 50% in ...

Meta on Tuesday introduced new scam detection features for its messaging apps, WhatsApp and Messenger, as part of its broader initiative to crack down on online scams that target older people. The ...