What is a smishing text? Learn how SMS phishing scams work, how to spot them, and the best ways to protect yourself from ...

The text may have urgent language or appear from a legitimate source. That's by design, and it could be to your detriment.

In January, the FTC flagged a smishing scam: a message that appears to be from a state road toll company that informs ...

State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating ...

Smishing is a combination of SMS — a text message service — and phishing, which is a deceptive tactic used to steal people’s ...

A phishing scam is going around that could put many Texans' personal information at risk. Here's what to know.

Some phone plans may charge you for incoming text messages, and smishing (SMS phishing) attacks can be even more dangerous if you're not careful. However, you don’t have to put up with them.

Smishing is the use of SMS texts by scammers attempting to compromise data and pilfer money. And if you think the problem is ...

Though the term smishing comes from a combination of the words phishing and SMS, these scams can also be conducted through other messaging platforms such as iMessage, Google Messages and WhatsApp.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles sent out a press release this week warning about bogus toll road texts.