This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News.

New York’s Office of Information Technology Services told NBC News that "around 188,000 people get text messages from the state and that around 160,000 received the scam text."

Scam texts are on the rise. By now, you've probably been inundated by them. Text messages from scammers claiming they need your information for a package delivery. Or maybe there's a mystery charge on your bank account. We've also reported on DMV scam texts, inflation refund scam texts, wrong number messages, and the list goes on.

However, this latest scam text campaign shows just how much the issue is escalating.

This week, a mobile

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