Whether you've fallen for text message scams in the past or even just side-eyed a slightly suspicious text, there's no reason to feel embarrassed—according to the FTC, text message scams shook ...

Wrong number schemes initially look innocent. There are no links, or no request for information or money. But, when you get a text from a number you do not know, it is likely a fraudster. The text ...

The text message came late Tuesday. Like others I’d been getting recently, it wasn’t an obvious scam from the outset — no promise of a warranty or that I’d won a prize, no link to a suspicious website ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning people of a new texting scam that has been making it rounds around Western New York. The BBB says they received several reports over the ...

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The claim that these text messages are related to sex trafficking or location tracking is just the latest iteration of a debunked urban legend. However, people should be wary of these spam text ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — 2 Wants To Know, can you spot the real text from the fake text? For this test, we're using Amazon texts that came to phones right here at WFMY News 2. Amazon.com: we found a ...

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