You already know to be wary of suspicious-looking text messages, but what happens if a text arrives from someone who appears to have contacted you by mistake? Though you may be tempted to respond, ...

Text or short message service (SMS) scams decreased significantly by 86.6% in 2025, as scammers shifted to call-based scams ...

Every week, I receive a handful of text messages that are quite clearly scams. Some are about past-due toll road payments. Some mention a Coinbase withdrawal code. Others reference job offers for ...