You probably know by now not to pick up or respond to the barrage of communication from numbers you don't recognize—this gets easier as smartphones roll out more robust scam detection and spam ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued its "Top Scams of 2024" update, and the results aren't promising. Consumers lost about $1.9 billion to fraud through phone calls, texts or emails ...

Scammers are spoofing the Blount County Sheriff’s number and demanding payment for fake warrants. Hang up and verify with the ...

Most people know to hang up on con artists supposedly calling from the power company or the IRS, demanding money. The problem is, there's little the police can do — even when the scammers go so far as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAMBRIDGE − Ohio recorded $154.1 million lost to fraud in 2023, according to 61,303 reports made to the Federal Trade Commission.

DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado State University Police Department is warning community members of calls spoofing the CSU 491 prefix and pretending to be immigration authorities. Spoofing refers to ...

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research commissioned by Transaction Network Services (TNS) has found that contact center decision makers are under pressure to address growing spam, fraud and call ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Honolulu Police Department is warning the public about a recent rise in reports of a sneaky phone scam tactic. Caller ID spoofing is a type of scam where fraudsters mask ...

Microsoft Teams will now scan first-time external callers for any signs of brand impersonation.

The Idaho State Police (ISP) is warning the public about a scam in which callers are spoofing ISP phone numbers, making it appear the calls are coming from official ISP dispatch centers. These calls ...