ComReg chairman Garrett Blaney said: “The SMS sender ID registry is just one of a number of interventions introduced by ComReg to help mitigate the scourge of scam phone calls and text messages.

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Speaking to WREG, FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Palmer described the scam as a “copycat” of the widespread toll scams ...

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A Philadelphia-based cybersecurity researcher has traced many of the text message scams about unpaid tolls to China.

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From next month, companies that use mass-texting services and that haven’t registered with the telecoms regulator will see their SMS texts to customers labelled as “likely scam”.

A recent text message scam across multiple states is now targeting Hoosiers. It's yet another smishing, or SMS phishing scam, and recipients should not go to the link in the text.

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The London-based group said in a report that it had identified 53 scam centres and dozens more suspected sites across the country, including the Southeast Asian nation's capital, Phnom Penh.

Police have issued a warning over portable phone masts, which can fire off scam text messages that appear genuine to any mobile phones that are nearby. The SMS Blaster is the latest device being used ...