(Stacker) - Despite federal crackdowns and growing public awareness, robocalls and SMS spam are becoming increasingly common in certain parts of the country. Driven by evolving scam tactics and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How many spam calls have you gotten so far today? Unwanted robocalls are Americans' number one consumer complaint, and that has ...

Spam and scam calls have turned the simple act of answering your phone into a risk calculation, but on the iPhone a ...

Consumers across the country need to be careful of who’s calling. A nationwide robocall scam involving fake Walmart employees is pressuring Americans to share sensitive information, according to ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Getting robocalls is one of the top pet peeves for just about anyone with a cell phone, and a new report shows spam robocalls have surged to a six-year high. 10 Investigates has ...

(NEXSTAR) – Whether it’s a call from an unknown number or a strange text about tracking a package, dealing with robocalls and message spam has become a regular part of owning a smartphone in the U.S.

A large-scale scam recently made victims of 8 million Walmart customers, according to the Federal Communications Commission. During the scam robocall campaign, an artificial voice identifying itself ...

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Lawrence Hall told our news partners at WBNS-10 TV that he went to buy something over the phone, but never received the item. Instead, he lost $149. He is one of millions of people who have fallen ...

(InvestigateTV) — Scam calls can be infuriating and relentless. “We get, as a nation, on average about 2 billion unwanted or scam calls per month,” Teresa Murray, a Consumer Watchdog at U.S. PIRG, ...

NEW YORK, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans received a whopping 225 billion robotexts, a 157% increase from 2021 and the most significant increase on record, according to Robokiller's annual ...