The scam follows a round of winter weather that knocked out power to thousands across North Carolina.

A north Georgia police department is sounding the alarm about a text scam telling drivers they owe money for Peach Pass tolls ...

It's not your run-of-the-mill scam – if there is even such a thing anymore. It starts out with a fake text, just like many scams do these days, but surprisingly morphs further into crooks even showing ...

ERCOT warns of fake texts about Texas power grid conditions during inclement weather and advises Texans to seek information from official sources only.

The Philadelphia Department of Revenue is sending an urgent warning out to taxpayers about a recent text message scam. While the city department didn't formally disclose what exactly the phony text ...

Fake delivery notifications are flooding inboxes and phones this holiday season, with scammers posing as major shipping companies to steal personal information and money from unsuspecting shoppers.

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The Illinois Secretary of State is warning residents not to open or respond to a circulating text scam, in ...

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If it feels like more scammers and spammers are flooding your various inboxes, that's because they probably are. Typically, these phishing or "smishing" — aka SMS phishing — attacks are aimed at ...

As the holiday season ramps up, scammers are getting more creative, hitting consumers in several different ways. Here are 3 scams the Better Business Bureau is warning you should watch out for. First, ...