The FBI says caller ID spoofing scams have already drained more than $215 million from Americans in a single year, tied to ...

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about an increase in phone and text scams in which callers ...

The FBI is warning that phone-call scams using caller ID spoofing and impersonation have already stolen hundreds of millions ...

Thecalls that are supposed to be fromSt. Vrain Valley Credit Union claim the recipient's card has been suspended. The recipient is then told that to re-activate the card they need to press #1so they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phone scams have been on law enforcement's radar for decades but in the wake of the high-profile Nancy Guthrie abduction case, law ...

Your phone comes with built-in spam text protection, but it might be turned off by default. I'll tell you how to change that on both iPhone and Android.

Truecaller is turning scam defense into a shared task, giving relatives tools to manage protection settings and step into suspected fraud calls. Phone scam defenses usually depend on the person ...

A phone scam was so convincing that even veteran CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman admits he nearly walked into his bank and ...

Thousands of people are bilked every year by criminals who enter the lives of their victims through their telephones. AARP once found that about half of all mobile calls were fraudulent, and that the ...

Your phone can be a connection to the outside world that helps you stay in touch with family and friends. But it can also be a means for scammers to get between you and your money through tricks and ...

You think email spam is bad? Here’s something worse: scam phone calls. The average American receives over 500 per year, and the result is that 39% of these consumers feel unsafe, according to a study ...

‘Free phone’ scams are becoming increasingly common, and there’s now a new one to watch out for. With this version, a brand new phone is left on your doorstep and – unusually – the scammer didn’t use ...