Americans reported losing $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025, making it the single largest fraud category tracked by the Federal Trade Commission. The costliest versions of these scams often begin ...

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

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While fraud is nothing new, today's scams are constantly evolving. The latest advances in technology, like artificial intelligence (AI), make these schemes even harder to spot. The Federal Trade ...

Truecaller is turning scam defense into a shared task, giving relatives tools to manage protection settings and step into suspected fraud calls. Phone scam defenses usually depend on the person ...

Google is introducing a new Android security feature that will detect and flag phone calls in which scammers use artificial intelligence to impersonate a user's personal contacts. Called "fake call ...

Your phone can be a connection to the outside world that helps you stay in touch with family and friends. But it can also be a means for scammers to get between you and your money through tricks and ...

A phone call telling you to return a new phone may be a scam. The scammer simply keeps your phone instead of replacing it. Hang up on such calls and contact the carrier directly. The next time you ...

Scammers can use new AI technology to mimic the voice of someone you know and create a phone call or voicemail recording. That “voice cloning” technology has recently advanced, and anyone with the ...

Tax relief phone call scams are common year-round, and criminals use them to get money and commit identity theft. There is an IRS tax debt compromise option, however, that could allow you to settle ...

Call Forwarding Alert Message: The government has urged people to be cautious about certain types of SMS. If call forwarding is activated on your number, you will receive a message immediately. If you ...