Q: Why am I suddenly getting lots of weird, random texts from strangers asking if they know me? A: If you’re receiving vague text messages from numbers you don’t recognize saying something like, “Hi, ...

Nowadays, we regularly receive dozens of these texts from unknown numbers. But these innocuous greetings often have a sinister goal. These unsolicited texts to mobile numbers are often part of ...

Have you ever gotten a text message saying something like “Hi, who is this?” or "Hey Amanda, this is John?” Your first instinct might be to respond and let them know they have the wrong number — but ...