Once upon a time, when the phone rang it was either someone you knew or a wrong number. Times have changed, unfortunately, ...

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 ...

Scam calls used to feel like background noise. Today, they look like a moving snapshot of how fraud evolves in real time, ...

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 ...

Illinois State Police say scammers are using spoofing technology to make it look like the state police are calling you. Consumer Investigator Jason Knowles on what to do when these bad boys come for ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office (DOCOSO) warns that scammers are now using their phone number after a local business owner and resident was scammed out of $10,000. According ...

Landline identity theft is an emerging threat that gives scammers backdoor access to your accounts. An outdated phone number, especially a forgotten landline, can help them bypass security and drain ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Beware of scammers pretending to call from the Kaneohe Police substation. The Honolulu Police Department said scammers are using the Kaneohe station’s phone number to demand ...

WEST FARGO — The West Fargo Police Department is warning the public of a recent scam in which a caller is using the police department's phone number to call area residents. Residents are contacted by ...