The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal financial information.

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

ATLANTA — Good-government advocates, anti-tax conservatives, politicians of various stripes and everyday Americans grouse about “waste, fraud and abuse” across the U.S. government.

A common recent scam is a text message claiming you have unpaid tolls and that if you don’t pay up, you’ll be fined or face ...

ALL KINDS OF REVIEWS START POPPING UP WHERE THEY SAY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IS GETTING THESE THINGS AND DO NOT SCAN IT, BECAUSE IF YOU SCAN IT, THEN THAT’S YOUR SCAM AND THEY HAVE ALL YOUR ...

NAB has described the pop-up SMS scam as a new trend that has "hijacked" a legitimate system used to share emergency warnings. The fake pop-up SMS can temporarily disable the device, according to ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of foreign nationals pulled out of scam compounds in Myanmar during a crackdown on centres run by criminal gangs have little food, scant healthcare and filthy toilets ...

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 300 nonprofit and civil society organizations are seeking government accreditation and permits to legitimize their fundraising activities through a new online ...

Phishing (email-based scams) and smishing, also known as mishing (SMS or mobile scams) are two of the most widespread and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

“Here are some of the flagrant scams that, as an example, they’ve spent money on … $520 million for a consultant … you know, when I hired consultants, and they just take advantage of ...

SINGAPORE – Scam victims in Singapore lost $1.1 billion in 2024, marking a record high amount of losses suffered in a single year. Almost 25 per cent of this involved cryptocurrency, a surge ...