Most of us have received a random text that makes us pause for a second. Maybe it promises a prize. Maybe it claims to be from a delivery company. Lately, another type of message is spreading quickly: ...

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is moving cautiously as it rolls out a pilot program that would notify some drivers of unpaid tolls by text message. The shift, officials say, could speed up collections, but ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. – Illinois state officials issued a warning on text message scams targeting drivers with false claims of unpaid fines and license suspensions. The messages are designed to look ...

Scam texts are so common that we either ignore them or report and delete them, but the one hitting phones now comes with a document about you being in default and having a court date. It has caused ...

Providence police are warning residents about a text message scam regarding unpaid parking tickets. Officials confirm the city does not use text messages to collect payments for parking violations. A ...

PARK. THERE’S STILL NO WORD ON HOW IT STARTED OR IF ANYONE WAS HURT, BUT YOU GET A TEXT MESSAGE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP IN COURT, AND IF YOU DON’T, IT COULD COST YOU YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE AND ...

EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE SHOWS US THE LATEST VERSION. SO THIS SCAM FIRST EXPLODED LAST SUMMER AND WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME. NOW A NEW BATCH OF THESE MESSAGES ARE ...

Philadelphia Courts officials issued a consumer fraud warning about a text messaging scam accusing recipients of failing to pay road toll violations on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and requesting penalty ...

Text message scams remain a growing problem, and one in particular — the “accidental text” or “wrong number” scam — has been making the rounds again. Scammers send short, friendly messages that look ...