The unfortunate reality about spam calls — a common practice among criminals and unsavory marketers — is that it still works, given how so many people still fall victim these days. After all, when you ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The greater Los Angeles area is getting a new telephone area code. According to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), area code 738 will be activated as an "overlay" ...

Depending on the area in which the person you'd like to call is located, you will need to dial a certain combination of numbers when composing their phone number, this is referred to as the area code.

Research from GoBankingRates.com has revealed which area codes are most commonly used by scammers. They flat-out say, "you should never answer if you don’t know who’s on the other end of the line," ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The deadline is Sunday to ...