On Friday, residents in Oklahoma and across the nation received fraudulent text messages claiming to be from the DMV about unpaid traffic violations, as part of a "smishing" scam.

The Virginia State Police and Better Business Bureau (BBB) are warning of a new smishing scam involving people pretending to ...

JANET STANTON OF ORLANDO TELLS US THE BOGUS TOLL MESSAGES ARE FLOODING HER PHONE. IT’S CALLED SMISHING. CYBER CROOKS. PHISHING FOR MONEY AND YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. DOES IT MAKE YOU MAD THAT ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - An 83-year-old Lincoln woman lost more than $14,000 in a text message scam known as “smishing,” according to Lincoln Police. Officers took the report Monday ...

These messages originate from one prolific collection of loosely linked cybercriminals: “smishing” syndicates. Over the past three years, these Chinese-speaking fraudsters have developed and ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — The random text message you may have recently gotten telling you to pay a suspicious fee is called a smishing scam. Scammers are phishing for personal information through ...

Don't click on anything. Don't think you're in trouble. And certainly do not send money. Smishing scams have popped up all over the country, where people get text messages telling them they need ...

The FBI has issued a warning about a rising cyber threat moving "from state to state" across the US, targeting citizens through malicious SMS messages, or "smishing" texts. Authorities are urging ...

Here's how to avoid the increased road toll collection services scam Getty The FBI is issuing a public warning about what to do amid widespread reports of “smishing” texts that seek to scam ...

FBI has recently started issuing warnings to the general public about smishing text scams, which aim to steal personal information. A report by Fox 5 DC on March 12, 2025, stated that the FBI had ...

The latest so-called smishing scams—phishing attacks via SMS—have exploited more than 10,000 newly registered domains, using fake payment demands to steal personal and financial information.