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The FBI is warning about a phone-call scam that has already stolen $215 million

The FBI is warning that phone-call scams using caller ID spoofing and impersonation have already stolen hundreds of millions ...

Unwanted calls: How AI makes scams harder to spot; the emotional toll on people

Frustrated by a barrage of spoofed scam calls, Alma Oliphant and her husband are considering abandoning their landline. A ...
CNET

Is That Call, Text or Email Real? Here’s How to Identify Scams

Scams are more advanced than ever, in large part thanks to AI. But there are still ways to identify them. Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of ...
CNET

Scam Calls Have Gotten Out of Control. This One Strategy Actually Helps

Scam calls are smarter and more frequent than ever, but one targeted strategy can keep most of them from ever reaching you.

Scam calls: the latest in circulation and how to stop them

Digital security company NordVPN has found that three quarters of Brits received a scam call last year, and three in 10 feel ...

Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling

Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever’s calling you is who they appear to be.
AOL

Why scam loan calls are flooding your phone and voicemail right now — and how you can stop them

Are you suddenly being inundated with calls about a loan you never applied for? You're not alone. Annoying fraud calls from personal info-seeking scammers posing as processing reps, usually promising ...
WGAL

Medicare scam calls use spoofed numbers to target patients

MEDICARE PATIENTS. SO THE EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE TEAM IS WORKING TO HELP YOU SPOT THE SCAMS. YEAH. LORI, OVER THE WEEKEND, I HEARD FROM DOZENS OF VIEWERS TELLING ME ABOUT THESE MEDICARE SCAM CALLS. MANY ...