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The Idaho Attorney General's Office is warning Idaho residents not to respond to a communication promising a federal rebate.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It starts with a ping. You’re in the middle of your day when a text pops up that there’s a problem with your package delivery, or a missed toll payment. These messages look ...

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 ...

“People will be looking for ways to alleviate their burdens,” Valesquez says of 2026. “So when they get a [message] that says ...

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 ...

Scam texts relating to tolls and deliveries have made Chinese scammers billions. US-based mules are paid to max out credit cards digitally cloned from stolen data. The luxury goods purchased with ...

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