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The sheriff’s office is reminding residents that they, nor any other law enforcement agency, will ever ask for any payment over the phone.

Federal Communications Commission released draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to address unwanted text messages that invade consumer privacy vehicles for consumer fraud and identity theft. The Commission will consider proposed rule March 16.

The National Telecommunications Commission on Monday ordered major telecommunications companies to deactivate clickable Uniform Resource Locators, links, and quick response codes in text messages amid the proliferation of text scams.

It's a circumstance that would confuse many — you get a text from a number that looks just like your own, but you didn't send it and you don't know who did. Tech experts say it's one way to steal your identity.

Monday, 21 December 2020, 2:11 pm Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has issued a penalty of NZ$30,000 to Greenback Ecommerce Limited (trading as The Safety Warehouse) for breaching the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 (the Act). The Safety Warehouse was investigated after DIA received complaints from the public about receiving unsolicited commercial SMS text messages. These messages took advantage of the second COVID-19 outbreak to sell face masks and failed to provide an unsubscribe facility. DIA executed a search warrant on The Safety Warehouse’s mobile netwo...