A harmless text message can quickly become expensive. Read this article to find out in which cases you should not respond.

Receiving a text about a customer refund can seem like good news—until you start to suspect it may simply be a scam. That has ...

Did you get a text from Verizon about a $20 account credit? You're not alone — and you're probably wondering whether it's ...

Verizon customers across the area reported receiving text messages Friday offering a $20 account credit, prompting questions ...

Update 12/22/25 at 11:30 a.m.: The National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed that at least one emergency text message was sent by an individual on board former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s ...

"She texted me from the plane and she said, 'We're in trouble.' And that was it," Cathy Grossu told the magazine. "So we're devastated. We're brokenhearted." The unimaginable tragedy took the lives of ...

Stefon Diggs and a woman who served as his private chef appeared to have an argument via text message about money she believed the New England Patriots star owed her, court documents revealed. The ...

A chilling text message sent by a passenger aboard the fatal North Carolina plane crash that killed NASCAR star Greg Biffle and his family suggests the aircraft may have attempted to return to ...

SOUTHGATE, Mich. (WXYZ) — A phishing scam is targeting people who have iPhones or use Apple Pay or Apple Cash. A woman from Southgate received a text about an Apple ...

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The carrier is sending out text messages to notify users about the $20 credit, which will be applied to a future bill. Some, ...