Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

As millions of Americans begin their holiday shopping, a dangerous and highly effective scam is flooding phones across the nation, and federal authorities are sounding the alarm. The Federal Trade ...

Phone scams aren’t the only threat anymore — scam text messages (also called “smishing”) are exploding in frequency and in financial damage. According to recent FTC data, Americans lost over $470 ...