At least that's an experience several Verizon users have documented in a chat thread on the company's community forum. A Verizon user started a thread about the strange phenomenon over the past ...

A $10.5 million settlement calls for damages to be paid to class members who received text messages after opting out.

Beware of text messages with promises to win or a call to action! Because it is precisely messages like these that repeatedly lead to unexpected costs on your mobile phone bill. If you reply ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Wrong Phone Number’ Scams Are on the Rise - Kostenko Maxim / Shutterstock.com If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a ...

Some Verizon customers are reportedly receiving an unusual flurry of spam text messages. The reason they're so unusual is that the texts appear to be coming from the recipient's own phone number.

THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SAYS THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WILL OPEN A TEXT MESSAGE WHEN THEY RECEIVE IT IS AS HIGH AS 98%, AND THOSE ARE GOOD ODDS FOR A SCAMMER. IN FACT, I JUST GOT ONE THIS WEEK ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec An increasing number of seemingly random and innocuous texts are hitting Apple and Android ...