In the past few years, copycat banks, phony gifts, and fake-out package deliveries were the scams du jour, but 2023 saw a new contender: the wrong number text scam. Typically, text message scams ...

When you message back to let the texter know they've got the wrong number, they'll then try to strike up a friendly or jokey conversation with you (rather than the typical radio silence or "sorry").

The other day, my wife and I received an email out of the blue that both of our cellphone numbers were being “transferred” to new cellphone numbers with 516 area codes, not 631 or the numbers ...

In the past few years, copycat banks, phony gifts, and fake-out package deliveries were the scams du jour, but 2023 saw a new contender: the wrong number text scam. This new breed is pretty sneaky, as ...