Anyone can fall for a scam call. Here’s what to know about common phone fraud tactics and how to avoid becoming a victim.

Receiving a spam call can be a nuisance on occasion. However, spam and scam calls in general, as well as scam text messages, ...

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 ...

Truecaller’s Family Protection lets relatives manage scam defenses and remotely end suspected fraud calls on Android for family members.

From fake delivery alerts to phony bank fraud notices, phone scams are becoming more common each year. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) operates the “National Do Not Call Registry,” a list of phone ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. In these attacks, “cyber criminals gain unauthorized access to the ...

Spam texts and robocalls have become part of everyday life. For many of us, seeing an unknown number pop up triggers an automatic reflex: hit “mark as spam” and move on. But what really happens after ...

Why 159 is a number everyone should know as it could stop scammers stealing from your bank account. But how does it work and ...

Criminals are using artificial intelligence (AI) to clone people’s voices and set up unauthorised direct debits over the phone in a new "alarming" type of scam, authorities have warned. Scam calls are ...