A few weeks ago, I received a random text, seemingly from Apple, that said my Apple ID had been compromised and there were new charges on my account. The text included a convenient link to log in and ...

If you've gotten any texts lately telling you that you need to pay up after using a toll road in Indiana or elsewhere, that message is not legitimate. It's part of a new smishing, or text scam.

I'm sure you've received a random text from a supposed employment recruiter recently—we all have. These texts, you likely realize, are scams. No company is so desperate for workers that they’d message ...

Alexander Sammon received a suspicious job recruitment text from someone who claimed to be a hiring manager. He decided to play along to see how far the scam would go, and wrote about it for Slate. OK ...