Providence police are warning Rhode Islanders about scam text messages urging recipients to settle unpaid parking tickets by scanning a QR code. "This is a scam," the Providence Police Department ...

Thousands of Hoosiers are receiving a sternly worded text warning, supposedly sent by a court, that they must immediately pay fines for toll road violations or appear for a hearing.

The Federal Trade Commission released new data showing that Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with text messages in 2024. The agency identified five dominant categories of ...

Miguel A Amutio/Unsplash , CC BY Unwanted, unsolicited marketing emails, texts and instant messages feel like an unavoidable fact of modern life. But ...

Scam text messages are being reported to the Better Business Bureau in growing numbers, and experts say the problem is getting worse.

Ohio officials are warning of fake texts claiming unpaid tolls and parking fines. Here's how to spot and report the scam.

A friend just told me her widowed mother fell for a scam that cost her $20,000. I am concerned about my elderly father and his mobile phone. He now knows that he doesn’t have to answer every phone ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

What happens when you mark a text or call as Spam? And what you should do instead? Spam texts and robocalls have become part of everyday life. For many of us, seeing an unknown number pop up triggers ...

SHREVEPORT, La. – I know a lot of people who report every spam text message. I also know many people who think it does no good. Here's the honest fact: it does help. But not as much as another step.

Recent data suggests that Americans receive more than 642 million spam texts every day as of December 2025, according to the spam text and call blocking app Robokiller. That means that every second in ...