The Wisconsin BBB released a new study showing the damaging impact of text and phone scams with tips on how to protect ...

Thousands of people are bilked every year by criminals who enter the lives of their victims through their telephones. AARP once found that about half of all mobile calls were fraudulent, and that the ...

You think email spam is bad? Here’s something worse: scam phone calls. The average American receives over 500 per year, and the result is that 39% of these consumers feel unsafe, according to a study ...

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‘Free phone’ scams are becoming increasingly common, and there’s now a new one to watch out for. With this version, a brand new phone is left on your doorstep and – unusually – the scammer didn’t use ...

Your phone can be a connection to the outside world that helps you stay in touch with family and friends. But it can also be a means for scammers to get between you and your money through tricks and ...

Angelina County Sheriff Tom Selman said his office is seeing a rise in scams targeting residents through phone calls from ...

These simple rules help you decide when to answer the phone—and when to let it ring. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps, and ad-blocking ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

CHATHAM, BRYAN, LIBERTY COUNTIES, Ga. (WTOC) - Jury duty and warrant scams are spreading across our area, according to multiple city officials. In a social media post on October 27, 2025, the Bryan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A security guard works outside the Consulate General of India in San Francisco in 2021. Scammers are calling Indian residents in ...