CHARLOTTE — A new Consumer Reports survey finds texting and messaging scams have jumped 50% in the past year, and the group being targeted the most is Gen Z — the generation currently aged 13 to 28.

A viral YouTube job scam text promises $10K a month. Here are the red flags, how the scam works and what to do if you receive ...

Meta is adding new scam detection tools to Facebook and WhatsApp. The tools will alert users to potentially suspicious activity. Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp are all getting the tools. Meta is ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — This week, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday issued a warning to Pennsylvanians about a text message and email scam involving phone messages from people claiming to represent ...

A toll violation scam that cropped up across the country, including Delaware, in January 2025, has returned. The text messages claiming to be from some Delaware entity claim an "unpaid toll is listed ...

Alexandra Simon is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Alex started her career at CBS21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before joining KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, where she covered breaking ...

Google announced a significant expansion of its AI-powered scam protection across Android devices this week, bringing real-time call and message fraud detection to more phones, more countries, and ...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is warning Kansans about a growing scam involving fake “Notice of Hearing” messages for ...

Philadelphia Courts officials issued a consumer fraud warning about a text messaging scam accusing recipients of failing to pay road toll violations on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and requesting penalty ...

New identity protection services help MoneyLion members spot scams and safeguard their personal data and finances NEW YORK, March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MoneyLion, a leading consumer finance platform ...

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