They tell you that replying “STOP” will get the texts to cease. But in many cases, they’re lying. And it can often make ...

It's easy to let your guard down and reply to a spam text that doesn't quite seem as fishy as the usual ones. Here's what ...

"Hi, we chose you for our Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Candidate Assessment but you didn't respond. It's only 11 questions," the text message said, followed by a link. The scolding came out of the blue, ...

Spam texts have quietly become one of the most effective tools for scammers, blurring the line between annoying marketing and ...

Simply hitting “STOP” on spam texts isn’t always effective — and definitely not profitable. This is what you can do instead.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anonymous text messages containing disturbing content — such as claiming Black Americans had been “selected to pick cotton” — were ...

There has been an 86% year-over-year surge in U.S. adults targeted by phone, email and text scams, and text scams have flourished. A CNET report says 82% of Americans now get at least one scam text ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked a judge to shut down an alleged text-messaging spam operation that sent out 85 text messages per minute at its peak, the agency said Wednesday. The alleged ...

The overwhelming majority of e-mail messages circulating the globe are junk messages trying to sell us special pills and better mortgage rates. It’s made using e-mail more of a chore than it needs to ...

Anonymous text messages containing disturbing content — such as claiming Black Americans had been “selected to pick cotton” — were sent the day after Election Day, targeting recipients in more than 20 ...

Anonymous text messages containing disturbing content — such as claiming Black Americans had been “selected to pick cotton” — were sent the day after Election Day, targeting recipients in more than 20 ...