You're not alone feeling inundated by text scams - 2 News Oklahoma's Cathy Tatom listens to why it appears there are more than ever filling up out phones in 2025.

From fake car warranties to phony charity appeals, the FTC reveals the most common tactics scammers are using.

Job offer scams are a perennial favorite of sketchy grifters — the latest model comes in the form of a fake job text message.

Officials with the U.S. Postal Service are warning of an ongoing text messaging scam that could target you this holiday ...

It's the holidays, so my phone is abuzz with messages. The problem is, most of the texts I'm receiving aren't from family and friends. Instead, I'm inundated with offers for tax prep assistance, back ...

DATA WAS COMPROMISED. YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING WHEN YOUR PHONE PINGS. IT’S A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER. OF COURSE. IS IT REAL OR ANOTHER SCAM? A NEW CONSUMER REPORTS SURVEY FINDS THAT TECH ...

Delivery scams and theft are particularly prevalent during the holidays when more packages are shipped, but they can happen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

It all started with a text message one Saturday evening. Brandy Andrews received a message that appeared to come from Regions ...