An 83-year-old Lincoln woman lost more than $14,000 in a text message scam known as “smishing,” according to Lincoln ...

FBI issues warning of nationwide "smishing" text scam from E-ZPass and other road toll collection services. Here's what to ...

Millions of scam text messages are sent every month. The Chinese cybercriminals behind many of them are expanding their ...

The FBI has issued a warning that scammers are impersonating doctors, police and banks using spoofed numbers as "smishing" texts surge nationwide.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office are warning the public about a recent text ...

Scammers gather phone numbers from data breaches, shady websites, or by using software that generates random combinations.

Even smart people are falling for toll road text scams in Tennessee, a state with no toll roads. Learn the warning signs as ...

In January, the FTC flagged a smishing scam: a message that appears to be from a state road toll company that informs recipients about an outstanding balance. Advertisement Advertisement “The ...

The "smishing" scam targets E-ZPass holders, sending them fraudulent text messages that claim to be from E-ZPass and then tricks customers into clicking malicious links or asking for payment ...

Scammers are increasingly using text messages for fraud (smishing): As technology has evolved, so have scams — moving from phone calls and emails to text messages. Smishing scams are now a common way ...

University of Guelph cybersecurity professor, and Canada research chair for cybersecurity and threat intelligence, Ali ...