In January, the FTC flagged a smishing scam: a message that appears to be from a state road toll company that informs ...

What is a smishing text? Learn how SMS phishing scams work, how to spot them, and the best ways to protect yourself from ...

The text may have urgent language or appear from a legitimate source. That's by design, and it could be to your detriment.

A widespread SMS scam is targeting thousands of smartphone users in the US. Fraudsters are sending bogus texts demanding ...

The Ohio Turnpike issued a warning on YouTube about EZ Pass fraud in March. The scammers have reportedly used AI to change numbers faster than Android can block them and managed to bypass Apple safety ...

Recently, several state and federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Internal Revenue Service, have warned against the rise of smishing, the SMS version of phishing.

Smishing is a combination of SMS — a text message service — and phishing, which is a deceptive tactic used to steal people’s ...

FBI issues new warning of nationwide 'smishing' text scam from E-ZPass or other road toll collection service. Here's what to ...

A phishing scam is going around that could put many Texans' personal information at risk. Here's what to know.

State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal ...

Though the term smishing comes from a combination of the words phishing and SMS, these scams can also be conducted through other messaging platforms such as iMessage, Google Messages and WhatsApp.