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

If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to ...

Last month, we looked at how scammers can gain access to your phone number and how data breaches and phishing campaigns could make obtaining it easy. In this blogpost, we’ll focus more on why phone ...

"Your package delivery is delayed." "Your bank account has been frozen." "Congrats! You won the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes!" These three scenarios are all among the top scam or spam ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Scammers will do anything to get your money or personal information. A popular scam that has been making the rounds involves a text message from an unknown number, and an ...

Should you answer it? Probably not if it’s one of these numbers. BeenVerified has shared a report with the top 12 phone numbers most associated with scam calls. The software company analyzed more than ...

Not only are they wildly annoying, but they also could be putting you at risk. And you might be wondering, if you put your phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry, why do the calls keep ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Scams are on the rise for utility customers and becoming more aggressive and hard to spot. PECO is sounding the alarm on this, but it can affect customers of any utility company ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WJBF) – The FBI is warning the public about a rise in government impersonation scams reported across South Carolina. In these schemes, scammers spoof phone numbers associated with the ...

It can be difficult to ignore the infamous ‘ding’ from your phone when getting a new text, but sometimes those messages have a phony background, asking you to click a link or respond with sensitive ...