Scam texts are targeting people ages 18 to 29 at record levels, with reports of attempted scams among Gen Z tripling.

The year 2026 is almost here, and with the new year comes a new wave of scams that could potentially drain your bank account.

Scams that were on the rise in 2025 include AI enhanced scams, QR phishing and everyone's favorite toll road scam.

As a rule of thumb, if you receive an unsolicited text, especially one claiming to include a security code, it's likely part of a phishing scheme. Such is the case with a recent spate of unprompted ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - 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 ...

Every week, I receive a handful of text messages that are quite clearly scams. Some are about past-due toll road payments. Some mention a Coinbase withdrawal code. Others reference job offers for ...

YOUR VEHICLE. WE’RE HEARING ABOUT THE SCAM FROM MULTIPLE VIEWERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. FOLKS, YOU MAY RECALL THIS ONE STARTED OUT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WITH TEXT MESSAGES CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE ...

It starts with a ping. You are in the middle of your day when a text pops up saying that there is a problem with your package delivery or a missed toll payment. These messages look very convincing, ...

Texting scams are exploding. In 2024 alone, U.S. consumers lost $470 million to them, according to the Federal Trade Commission, a number more than five times what it was just four years earlier. To ...

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, or BMV, is warning its customers about new text message scams that are now strongly mimicking the BMV’s mobile website and improperly citing Indiana Code. Our ...

THAT. ALL RIGHT? WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE. YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING WHEN YOUR PHONE RINGS, A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER. IS IT REAL OR ANOTHER SCAM TEXT? YEAH. 12 NEWS IS MALLORY ANDERSON. AND ...