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HCTRA urges drivers to check account before replying to scam texts

  • Mar 14, 2025

Did you get an unpaid toll bill text? Officials warn of new scam

  • Feb 21, 2025

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

  • Dec 17, 2024

CenterPoint warns users about blackout scam texts

  • Dec 24, 2022

That's not your mom texting! Scammers using new personalized tactic

  • Oct 3, 2022

Latest iPhone update includes highly sought after feature

  • Sep 13, 2022

Real estate agent charged with invasive visual recording

  • May 2, 2022

Michelle Carter's texting suicide trial revisited in 20/20 special

  • Apr 8, 2022

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Harris County officials give new warning about toll road text scam targeting drivers

  • Feb 21, 2025
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  • Jul 7, 2022
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Scammers luring victims with fake package tracking texts

  • Dec 22, 2021
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Humble ISD teacher accused of child porn possession due in court

  • Dec 15, 2021
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Tired of political texts? 13 Investigates ways to stop the text wave

  • Oct 23, 2020
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Real estate agent charged with invasive visual recording

  • Oct 19, 2020
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Real estate agent charged with invasive visual recording

  • Oct 18, 2020
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Parents, you need to know these acronyms

  • Sep 3, 2020

Latest Stories

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

Scammers luring victims with fake package tracking text messages

WATCH OUT! Like so many others, you might be expecting packages in the mail this week. Beware of texts claiming you need to verify your shipping address.

  • Dec 22, 2021

Former Humble ISD teacher accused of child porn possession due in court today

Police said after the eighth grade teacher was charged in April, they got calls from even more parents who found explicit messages sent to their children.

  • Dec 15, 2021

Racist texts from white students at East Bernard HS has Black students afraid for their lives

The chat with white students was supposed to be about prom, but "No Black people" and "All (expletive) must hang" was found in the thread instead.

  • Dec 10, 2021

Phone companies give update on weakened service amid winter storm

Here's what some top cell phone providers had to say about reports of weak service across the state.

  • Feb 15, 2021