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Google is suing a Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group it says is responsible for a massive wave of scam text messages sent ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - In a recent three-day window, a private online security company detected a 100-fold increase in traffic ticket text scams sent to Ohio drivers. Millions of these messages went ...

Investigators say scam toll and postal texts are part of a billion-dollar phishing operation run by criminal networks in China. Fraudsters use SIM farms, phishing sites and gig “mules” to load stolen ...

We are receiving a high volume of reports from customers about scam calls and texts claiming to be from our company. These ...

According to Robokiller, Americans received 19.2 billion spam and scam texts in April 2025 alone — that comes out to about 63 spam texts for every person. There’s only one group of people who don’t ...

Criminals are relentless during the holidays, exploiting the many opportunities that come with a busy season—from shopping ...

Scammers are flooding inboxes with fake tracking alerts that mimic real carriers, exploiting the holiday rush to steal logins ...

If you've gotten a text that promises a refund for your inflation-related spending, you're probably getting scammed. According to Bleeping Computer, New Yorkers are getting texts from a number that ...

In a new report, consumer watchdog PIRG says robocalls are up 20 percent, reaching a six-year high in 2025, which translates to 420 millions more calls each month. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Tom ...

Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents ...