TEMPORARY LOCATIONS. IT STARTS WITH A STRANGE TEXT MESSAGE FROM SOMEONE. YOU DO NOT KNOW. IT MAY SEEM LIKE A MISTAKE, BUT IT COULD BE A LITTLE MORE SINISTER. IT COULD BE THE START OF A SCAM. WE’VE ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Have you noticed an increasing number of random text messages coming into your phone? Maybe even some that claim to be from a bank? This year is projected to be record-breaking for ...

The text message came late Tuesday. Like others I’d been getting recently, it wasn’t an obvious scam from the outset — no promise of a warranty or that I’d won a prize, no link to a suspicious website ...

Q: I suddenly started getting security pass codes from PayPal even though I wasn’t using it. Does this mean someone has my password and is trying to get in? A: It can be quite disconcerting to get a ...

Getting random text messages from unknown senders? Are they claiming there's an issue with a bank account? Bruce McGee has. He checked his phone the other day to discover a worrisome message. "It was ...

When Donovan Shears sent a text message to a random number in 1998, it changed the course of his life. He had been given his first mobile phone for his 18th birthday and had just discovered text ...

Random text messages inquiring about a specific address or asking if you are interested in selling a home are part of a larger rise in spam texts, according to the spam-blocking company RoboKiller, ...