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 ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning of a text messaging scam that's been making the rounds. The BBB says they have been receiving reports from people in ...

A cheeky DJ texted a message to a random number as a joke in 1998 and ended up meeting his future wife. Donovan Shears was given his first mobile phone on his 18th birthday so decided to send out text ...

The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is warning residents of a new phishing text message scheme.Officials said they started to receive reports that messages being sent nationally are also being ...

Nowadays, we regularly receive dozens of these texts from unknown numbers. But these innocuous greetings often have a sinister goal. These unsolicited texts to mobile numbers are often part of ...

These days, our phones are constantly buzzing with notifications, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between legitimate messages and potential scams. Bill from Mesa, Arizona, ...

Verizon customers have reported getting what appears to be a spam text message sent from their own phone number. Reports say the link takes the user to a Russian TV website. As posted in a Verizon ...

Q: When I try to search the Internet for a random phone number that called me, all the sites that say they offer free reverse lookups charge to get the information. Is there an actual free service ...

Across the country, people are experiencing a sudden surge of anonymous messages that often begin with a simple "hello" or a similar greeting like "hi." These unexpected communications can leave you ...

Mega Millions is warning players and non-players alike of "increasingly aggressive" scams using the Mega Millions name and logo promising big prizes to people via email, text or phone calls. One ...

A cheeky DJ texted a message to a random number as a joke in 1998 and ended up meeting his future wife. Donovan Shears was given his first mobile phone on his 18th birthday so decided to send out text ...