Messages that claim you're due a tax refund are scams. The scammers want your bank account or Social Security number. Don't respond to the message. Instead, report it and then delete it. Most of us ...

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...

Did you get this text from Verizon about *** $20 credit? This one is real. Here's what's going on. So after an outage knocked out service for customers nationwide, Verizon now says it's going to give ...

Over the holidays, Alex Lieberman had an idea: What if he could create Spotify “Wrapped” for his text messages? Without writing a single line of code, Lieberman, a co-founder of the media outlet ...

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A lesson tonight about scammers pretending to be security for a company or a bank. Who better to teach us than two victims who each lost thousands of dollars? They agreed to help ...

When the creator of the world's most advanced coding agent speaks, Silicon Valley doesn't just listen — it takes notes. "If you're not reading the Claude Code best practices straight from its creator, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

In recent months, scammers have been targeting Hoosiers with a variety of text messages impersonating the BMV. Previously, fraudulent messages referred to the “DMV,” but scammers have now altered the ...

HELSINKI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Wartsila (WRT1V.HE), opens new tab still believes the decarbonisation of marine traffic will continue despite a delay to establishing a global carbon price for shipping, ...

Texting scams are exploding. In 2024 alone, U.S. consumers lost $470 million to them, according to the Federal Trade Commission, a number more than five times what it was just four years earlier. To ...

WASHINGTON — Some Uber riders are warning others about a new scam, and it appears to be happening from drivers inside the app. Multiple TikTok users recently reported being contacted by their Uber ...