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 ...

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 ...

BBB is warning people to be cautious of phone scams involving fake banks and loan processing companies, as well as separate calls claiming you owe money in back taxes or have an unpaid balance. Those ...

According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage.

A few weeks ago, I stepped off the elevator with a salad in one hand, my laptop in the other, and my shoulder scrunched up to my ear so my phone wouldn’t fall. “Geez, again?” I said as I maneuvered my ...

Scam calls and texts spike during Medicare and Marketplace open enrollment, targeting consumers’ personal and financial information. Fraudsters use urgent messaging, fake government impersonation, and ...

Scammers love to seed the internet with fake customer service numbers in order to lure in unsuspecting victims who are just trying to fix something wrong in their life. Con artists have done it to ...

Fake OTP scams are no longer limited to random calls claiming to be from a bank. Scammers now pretend to be delivery agents, ...