Person holding their phone with an incoming call from an unknown number. There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, ...

Scammers don't just reach out directly — they also set traps by creating fake websites and listing fraudulent phone numbers online that appear to belong to legitimate companies. Venmo warns that its ...

If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to ...

Many Americans are frustrated by an unending barrage of scam and spam telephone calls. Multiple reliable sources note that there are typically over 3 billion unwanted calls each month. Last year, it ...

An important thing to know about the National Do Not Call Registry is that it can stop only sales calls. You may continue to receive: In other words, putting your number on the National Do Not Call ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - An uptick in scam complaints has prompted the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office to post a warning on Facebook cautioning residents of fraudulent calls and documentation from ...

Unwanted calls, from robocall sales pitches to scam attempts, have reached epidemic levels, according to consumer groups. But how can you combat this constant barrage? In the UK, companies must obtain ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public to a phone scam currently circulating in the area. On April 16, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a scam phone call where the scammer ...

There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, according to call-blocking app YouMail (the Federal Communications ...