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Woman says AI-generated deepfake text sent her to jail

  • Jan 9

Widow loses nearly $1M in crypto scheme, ChatGPT alerts her to scam

  • Dec 6, 2025

California widower loses $1M to 'wrong number' crypto romance scam

  • Oct 30, 2025
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Trump pick Paul Ingrassia withdraws from hearing

  • Oct 22, 2025

Bass' texts on Palisades Fire response were not saved

  • Mar 10, 2025

Phishing scam: Don't click that Toll Roads text message link

  • Dec 31, 2024

'Smishing': US Postal Service issues warning about text message scam

  • Dec 17, 2024

Latest iPhone update includes highly sought after feature

  • Sep 13, 2022

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Mayor Bass' texts on Palisades Fire response were not saved, report says

  • Mar 10, 2025
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That text message from The Toll Roads is likely a phishing scam

  • Dec 31, 2024
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Rancho Cucamonga students among recipients of racist text messages referencing slavery

  • Nov 8, 2024
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Menifee teenager arrested after allegedly threatening to 'shoot up a school' and 'some kids'

  • Jun 7, 2022
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Verizon customers report spam text messages coming from user's own cellphones

  • Mar 31, 2022
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Verizon customers report spam text messages coming from user's own cellphones

  • Mar 30, 2022
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Elle Fanning is 'The Girl From Plainville' in Hulu's new true-crime drama

  • Mar 30, 2022
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LA County now offers texting to 911

  • Dec 2, 2017

Latest Stories

Menifee teenager arrested after allegedly threatening to 'shoot up a school' and 'some kids'

A Menifee high school student is facing several charges after allegedly making online threats to "shoot up a school" and "some kids."

  • Jun 7, 2022
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Michelle Carter's text message suicide trial revisited in 20/20 special 'Words to Die By'

It was an unprecedented case that landed Michelle Carter in prison after she used text messages to encourage her boyfriend to kill himself.

  • Apr 8, 2022

Verizon customers report spam text messages coming from user's own cellphones

If you've gotten a mysterious message on your cellphone that looks like it came from your own phone number, do not click on the link.

  • Mar 31, 2022

Elle Fanning is 'The Girl From Plainville' in Hulu's new true-crime drama

Elle Fanning plays Michelle Carter in Hulu's latest true-crime series "The Girl from Plainville," a young woman who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend, via text, to take his own life.

  • Mar 30, 2022

Teen who met grandma from accidental text shares Thanksgiving plans after COVID-19 loss

Wanda's husband Lonnie, who also took part in the Thanksgiving tradition with Jamal and his girlfriend, died from COVID-19 complications in April.

  • Nov 21, 2020