Text scams are evolving. Learn how to spot red flags, protect your info, and stay safe from text scams targeting you.

It can be exciting to learn that you have unclaimed rewards points, but if this news arrives via an unsolicited text message, ...

Receiving a text about a customer refund can seem like good news—until you start to suspect it may simply be a scam. That has ...

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 ...

“Sorry, I’m running a little late; I’ll meet you for dinner at 6:15.” If you have been on the receiving end of an increasing number of seemingly random and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. A widespread and aggressive phishing campaign is hitting ...

Beware of text messages with promises to win or a call to action! Because it is precisely messages like these that repeatedly ...

MCLEAN, Va. — More drivers have reported receiving text messages claiming they have unpaid tolls that require immediate action. A cyber security expert suggests pausing before clicking that link.

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 ...

"Hey, how's your sore back?" "Sorry, I'm running a little late; I'll meet you for dinner at 6:15." If you have been on the receiving end of an increasing number of ...