Once upon a time, when the phone rang it was either someone you knew or a wrong number. Times have changed, unfortunately, and today phones seem to ring nonstop with unsolicited robocalls and, even ...

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.

Your phone comes with built-in spam text protection, but it might be turned off by default. I'll tell you how to change that ...

Malwarebytes has launched Scam Number Check, a free tool for checking if a phone number may be linked to scam activity. The tool doesn’t require sign-in and uses Malwarebytes’ threat intelligence, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Malwarebytes just launched a free tool that lets you paste any phone number and find out in seconds whether it has been flagged as a scam.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

The suspended Social Security number scam usually begins with a phone call or robocall. Criminals will often spoof the Social ...

US THAT TOP THREE WAYS SCAMMERS MAY COME AFTER YOU. YOU KNOW, THERE’S A WELL-KNOWN SAYING IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS, THE BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE. WELL, THAT ALSO APPLIES IN THE SCAM WORLD. AND ...