A spoofing scam is impersonating the Consulate General of India, putting the Bay Area's Indian residents at risk.

After falling for a scam call, ‘The Tech Chap’ host Tom Honeyands realised he’d given away vital details in social media posts ...

Android's new fake call detection feature warns users when scammers spoof trusted contacts' numbers and use AI voice tools to ...

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 ...

Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation ...

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 ...

The FBI is warning Americans to beware of scammers who are using banks' phone numbers to trick people out of thousands of dollars, according to reports. "Banking spoof call" scams involve people ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It starts quietly. Your phone buzzes. You see a voicemail notification. But your phone never rang. Then it happens again. And again. Before long, your voicemail inbox looks like it's under attack.

If a phone you didn't order arrives on your doorstep, there's a good chance someone's trying to scam you. Here's how to ...