The scam follows a round of winter weather that knocked out power to thousands across North Carolina.

A new warning has been issued for Verizon users awaiting confirmation of the refunds or credits due following the U.S.

ERCOT warns of fake texts about Texas power grid conditions during inclement weather and advises Texans to seek information from official sources only.

It's not your run-of-the-mill scam – if there is even such a thing anymore. It starts out with a fake text, just like many scams do these days, but surprisingly morphs further into crooks even showing ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The Illinois Secretary of State is warning residents not to open or respond to a circulating text scam, in ...

The Philadelphia Department of Revenue is sending an urgent warning out to taxpayers about a recent text message scam. While the city department didn't formally disclose what exactly the phony text ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new wave of DMV text scams are hitting phones. The most recent one consumers are getting claims this is your final notice for an unpaid parking ticket, and if you don't pay ...

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