CHICAGO (WLS) -- Take caution when using your smart phone's voice technology to look up a phone number. The Better Business Bureau warns it could dial up trouble. Smart devices and voice technology ...

With "No Caller ID," the caller has used a feature that hides their identity at the network level. Because of that, there's ...

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Before the onslaught of the pandemic, you probably didn’t use your smartphone to make phone calls very much. Now carriers are reporting surges in calls as we seek more personal connections while ...

Scammers know this, and they're capitalizing on your trust with a trick known as caller ID or phone number spoofing, an attempt to convince you to hand over personal information—like bank account ...

10-digit dialing requires callers to enter the area code for the phone number they’re dialing. skynesher Getty Images People making local calls to Lexington phone numbers will now have to dial the 859 ...

Scammers are using fake caller ID information to trick Americans into thinking they're from the FTC — the government agency where people are urged to report scam phone calls. The bad guys can fake the ...

Medicare scammers usually call by phone and use these tactics. Find out what they are and how to protect yourself.

HELPS PEOPLE FACING HOMELESSNESS IN THE AREA IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO DIAL AN AREA CODE BEFORE MAKING LOCAL CALLS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A NEW AREA CODE 821, LAUNCHING NEXT MONTH IN ...

It never fails: Just as you sit down to enjoy a nice meal with the family, your phone rings. Sigh. Even more annoying is the fact that a glance at your smartphone screen doesn’t show who’s calling.