A Georgia man has been arrested and charged after multiple law enforcement agencies said he got families to pay him for football recruitment ... anyone for me to ever scam anyone." ...

A former University of Michigan co-offensive coordinator was charged with hacking into computers and identity theft over eight years, according to law enforcement.

Smishing is a type of phishing scam that works through text messages. The name comes from a mix of "SMS" and "phishing," since scammers use fake messages to trick people into giving away personal ...

People from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia, believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam centers, sit with their faces masked while in detention after being released from the centers ...

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 ...

Arizonans, watch out for this text messaging scam that the FBI says is spreading across the United States. In a new warning from the FBI, scammers are targeting more states with new "smishing" or ...

The "smishing" scam targets E-ZPass holders, sending them fraudulent text messages that claim to be from E-ZPass and then trick customers into clicking malicious links and/or asking for payment ...

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 "smishing" scam targets E-ZPass holders, sending them fraudulent text messages that claim to be from E-ZPass and then tricks customers into clicking malicious links or asking for payment ...

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WANTING TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM A SCAM. HE SPOKE WITH ME ONE ON ONE HERE AT THE BILTMORE VILLAGE, A PLACE THAT WAS ONCE LIVELY WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT IT’S NOT LIKE THAT NOW.

Paul J. Davies is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering banking and finance. Previously, he was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Online scams are a huge business ...