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

The caller ID said “Chase Bank,” and the man on the line said I might be a victim of fraud. His supervisor would explain.

It's reasonable to assume that if you reach out to tech support from a legitimate help website, you'll be speaking with a real customer service representative. However, scammers are hijacking pages ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the ...

It can be difficult to ignore the infamous ‘ding’ from your phone when getting a new text, but sometimes those messages have a phony background, asking you to click a link or respond with sensitive ...

Everywhere you look there's a potential scam waiting to happen. Look no further than your inbox, CNET survey finds. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Scammers are getting more and more brazen when it comes to taking your money. The latest scam maybe the toughest to detect. Scammers are impersonating government officials with ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — Phoebe is alerting the community about a phone scam involving con artists impersonating hospital representatives. According to Phoebe, scammers are “spoofing” the hospital’s main ...