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 ...

The Department of Homeland Security recently said that Chinese criminal gangs have made more than $1 billion from scams directed at US phone numbers. While phone-based scams once relied on random ...

In 2024, approximately 3,500 scams were reported to the Attorney General's office, which increased to 4,000 last year.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — If it feels like your phone never stops buzzing with “Scam Likely” calls, you’re not alone. Experts say robocalls are hitting all of us on a massive scale, and they’re not slowing ...

Before answering unknown calls, learn the most common phone scams and warning signs so you can protect your money and keep ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. You have been warned. This threat is now surging and has more than ...

Have you received a text saying you owe money for driving through a toll booth and not paying? Or maybe you've received a message from what seems to be the Internal Revenue Service telling you that ...

The number of job scams coming through text messages has increased in recent years, as has the amount of money Americans have lost to those scams. In a recent survey, Resume.org found that younger ...

Taxpayers who were tricked as a result of a traditional investment scam may be entitled to tax relief. However, taxpayers who lost money through personal scams, such as romance or false kidnapping ...

A recent PayPal email scam used real PayPal messages to show fake purchase details and a callback number. See how it worked.

Android phones, and especially Pixel phones, are better at protecting consumers against scams than iPhone users, Google's Android team said in a report released on Thursday to mark the end of ...