Americans reported losing $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025, making it the single largest fraud category tracked by the ...

A suspicious username, often similar to a real username (like “contact12” for a scammer impersonating a company’s customer ...

Kris Sampson was working from home in Missoula, Montana, when her phone lit up with a call that appeared to come from her adult daughter. Sampson says the caller ID showed her name and photo, and the ...

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 ...

Xenia FISH Pantry celebrates county’s gift of building, and how it will help I’ve written about this countless times over the years, but the scammers don’t stop, so I won’t stop bringing it up. In my ...

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 ...

Call Forwarding Alert Message: The government has urged people to be cautious about certain types of SMS. If call forwarding is activated on your number, you will receive a message immediately. If you ...

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 ...

A phone call telling you to return a new phone may be a scam. The scammer simply keeps your phone instead of replacing it. Hang up on such calls and contact the carrier directly. The next time you ...

You know that little moment when your phone rings and the name on the screen makes you drop everything? Maybe it says your spouse, your daughter, your boss or your best friend. You answer because you ...