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

Scam and spam calls are getting more common. And they’re hard not to answer because the number comes up as “unknown.” When there’s no caller ID number, you can’t be sure if it’s a spam caller or an ...

Black Americans across the United States received racist text messages Wednesday and Thursday telling them they were selected to be enslaved and sent to work on a cotton plantation, The Columbus ...

Banks and other businesses can also shield their customers from spoofed text messages, thanks to the SMS SenderID Protection ...

Something you can be sure of when it comes to scams and swindles is that the methods used to try to part you from your data, your money, or both are constantly changing—which of course makes it more ...

Scams are becoming more and more prevalent, and simply blocking unwanted calls doesn’t always do the trick. They’re so common that experts have coined the term “scam economy.” Unfortunately, it’s easy ...

Whether you've fallen for text message scams in the past or even just side-eyed a slightly suspicious text, there's no reason to feel embarrassed—according to the FTC, text message scams shook ...

A new phone number text messaging scam has been making the rounds on smartphones. This sneaky scam is pretty clever. Scammers are getting better by the day at fooling people into thinking they're ...