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SMS scammers use toll fees as a lure
August 27, 2024 - Scammers are increasingly using toll fees as a lure in smishing attacks with the aim of grabbing victims' personal details and credit card information.
Hotel staff bust Hermes SMS scammer with suspiciously large number of cables
June 22, 2021 - If you’re in the UK, you’ve likely received a fake delivery SMS at this point. The original big driver for this...
Parents, beware of this SMS scam
August 17, 2016 - We’ve recently been alerted to a scam circulating within the UK and causing distress to parents or adults who knows someone...
SMS Scams: How To Defend Yourself
July 30, 2013 - Who doesn’t own a mobile phone nowadays? Whether you have an old-school flip phone or a newer smartphone, you may already...
Porn on YouTube Leads to Premium-Rate SMS Scams
July 8, 2013 - Spammers are beating YouTube’s filters to upload pornographic images and tricking people into following a hyperlink to view more. We are...
Holiday scams 2025: These common shopping habits make you the easiest target
November 20, 2025 - Holiday deals are flooding your phone, and scammers are too. Watch for fake listings, phishing texts, and offers that seem just a little too good to be true.
1 million victims, 17,500 fake sites: Google takes on toll-fee scammers
November 13, 2025 - Google’s suing Lighthouse, a Chinese Phishing-as-a-Service platform that uses Google’s branding on scam sites to trick victims.
Chinese gangs made over $1 billion targeting Americans with scam texts
October 20, 2025 - Chinese gangs are using US SIM farms and money mules to run industrial-scale text scams that steal and launder Americans’ card data.
Phishing scams exploit New York’s inflation refund program
October 13, 2025 - Scammers are texting residents, urging them to “verify payment details” to claim their refund.
Pre-approved GLP-1 prescription scam could be bad for your health
September 10, 2025 - This scammy text pretends to come from a doctor and says a weight-loss medication prescription has been approved.
