More Americans are getting texts from scammers. The Federal Trade Commission reports that those scams took consumers for $330 million in 2022. One of the most common text message scams is when a ...

Text scams have grown exponentially over the past few years. Why it matters: These scams have gotten harder to identify, and more costly — last year, consumers reported losing $470 million to scams ...

EIGHT. NEWS EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE NOW. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION IS OUT WITH ITS FIVE MOST COMMON TEXT MESSAGE SCAMS. AND THERE ARE ONES THAT I HAVE BEEN WARNING YOU ABOUT FOR YEARS. SO LET’S RUN DOWN ...

More Americans are falling victim to text-messaging scams, and losing thousands of dollars in the process. U.S. consumers lost $330 million to fraudulent texts last year, up from $131 million in 2021 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Scams are not always obvious, and they are constantly changing to be more convincing. In 2022, text message scams cost consumers more than $330 million. That is why the Federal Trade ...

Did you get a text from Verizon about a $20 account credit? You're not alone — and you're probably wondering whether it's ...