A text message scam claiming that consumers owe money for fake, unpaid road tolls is continuing to proliferate across the U.S., and experts are warning recipients to exercise caution.

UPI has issued safety tips to avoid falling victim to this scam. Authorities in India have alerted people about a new scam, which involves fraudsters tricking users into merging calls and ...

He started calling scammers and soon discovered that reverse-engineering their scamming scripts offered the same satisfaction as correcting a software glitch Kitboga is a scam-baiter – someone ...

He says that eventually, he was bundled into a canoe and taken across the Moei River into Myanmar, where he was dropped off at a scam compound. Today, more than more than 220,000 people from ...

ABC11 warned you about this text scam when drivers in the Triangle got a text claiming to be from North Carolina Toll Services and threatened a late fee of $50 if you didn't pay the toll ...

By the time the board members gathered, it was clear that Heartland was caught up in some sort of financial scam, a sophisticated grift that delivered its assets into the clutches of an overseas ...

Since then, the texts have only proliferated. Law enforcement agencies across the country have posted repeated warnings about the scam. It's a relatively easy one to spot, however, because most ...

MESSAGE. OH, YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. THEY SAID THAT THEY’VE GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE YESTERDAY AND TODAY ABOUT THIS SCAM. AND NOW THEY’RE URGING PEOPLE TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES SO YOU ...

The FBI and FTC previously warned about scam text messages claiming unpaid tolls, asking for immediate payment and personal information. A new "smishing" campaign also impersonates package ...

He never saw the money again. Owen soon realized that he was the victim of a scam -- and he is far from alone. MORE: Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter sentenced to nearly 5 years in fraud case As the ...

It’s one of the largest potential rescues of forced laborers in modern history, but advocates say the first major effort to crack down on the cyber scam industry has turned into a growing ...

More: Pa. Treasury letter states you have $1,000 in unclaimed property. Is it a scam? The "smishing" scam targets E-ZPass holders, sending them fraudulent text messages that claim to be from E ...