If you get an urgent text message about a package, it's probably a scam. Here's how to tell, and how to avoid getting suckered.

Did you get a text message demanding that you pay a toll bill within 48 hours or less using the payment link provided? A phishing text message from a TxDot scammer. Even if someone has unpaid toll ...

Messages claiming you're due a tax refund are sent by scammers spoofing the IRS and other tax agencies. The FTC has some advice for making it safely through tax season.

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They say that replying "STOP" will get the texts to cease. But it can often make things worse. Here's a better way to staunch the flow.

Texting is where many connections live or die. If their messages leave you feeling like you’re talking to a brick wall or chasing crumbs, it may be a sign to start looking for someone who texts like ...

You might be in a rush or think that you have sufficiently answered a question with just one word. However, to others, a curt response can be off-putting (even if you didn't mean for it to come off as ...

Short Message Service (SMS), a text messaging service on mobile phones, is being used by a wider and wider audience for social communication. Instead of speaking directly to the person you’re ...