PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With the advent of smartphones comes the possibility of getting scammed by way of text message. That’s exactly the thing that the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is warning ...

Australians are being urged to be on alert for “smishing”, a form of cybercrime that uses deceptive text messages to trick ...

Smishing scams use fake text messages to trick people into downloading malware, sharing private information, or providing money to cybercriminals, cybersecurity experts say. “These text messages may ...

Have you gotten a text from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles demanding that you pay an overdue traffic ticket? Hold off on paying that — it's a smishing scam. The Federal Trade Commission ...

Phishing, Smishing, And Vishing Difference: The key difference between phishing, smishing, and vishing is the medium used to target victims.

With the IRS now accepting people's tax returns for 2025, a federal watchdog is warning Americans to beware of so-called phishing and smishing scams designed to trick people into unwittingly handing ...

ST. LOUIS – Just this week, multiple government agencies in the St. Louis area shared warnings about scams related to text messages known as “smishing.” The messages often use a false sense of urgency ...

The government has urged caution regarding phishing texts that lure people with "Lunar New Year gift deliveries" and direct ...

RIVERDALE — Artificial intelligence is creating more convincing scams, including fake emails, cloned voices and spoofed caller IDs. Older Utahns are particularly susceptible to scams, according to ...