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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Henderson Police Department is warning residents of a text message scam going around mimicking court documents. According to HPD, the text messages look like official court ...

WAGONER COUNTY, Okla. — The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents after receiving reports of a new text-message scam that is claiming Oklahoma drivers have unpaid toll fees. WCSO said ...

Fraudulent texts claiming to be from the Department of Motor Vehicles have been circulating in Manatee County, and officials urge residents to delete these messages. Provided photo Courtesy of Manatee ...

Google upgraded Circle to Search, turning it into a proactive digital safety tool. Users can now circle suspicious messages to receive an AI Overview that analyzes the text for scams. If fraud is ...

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents of a sophisticated phone scam that is once again circulating, with a dangerous new variation that directly targets victims' bank accounts.

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News. New York’s Office ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

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 ...

(WJAR) — Scam texts are surging – Americans receive billions of them every month. Now, there’s a new scam text that's surging in popularity. Bentley University professor and creator of scamicide.com ...