Nuisance and Scam News

A suspicious voicemail can be surprisingly effective because it gives scammers time to deliver a carefully constructed story without having to answer questions immediately. The message may claim that money is...

Teaching an older loved one to recognize scam calls is not about giving them a long list of fraud schemes to memorize. Scammers constantly change their stories, technology, and impersonation tactics, so the more...

Ignoring suspicious calls is usually a sensible first step, but many households notice something frustrating: the phone keeps ringing anyway. That does not necessarily mean one scammer is personally determined...

Phone scams are changing quickly. A suspicious call no longer has to sound amateurish, come from an obviously strange number, or follow a familiar script. Criminals can imitate trusted organizations, use information gathered online,...

Ignoring an unknown number can feel like the obvious way to make a scammer give up, yet many households discover that the phone keeps ringing anyway. The reason is simple:...

Phone scams are becoming harder to recognize because criminals are no longer relying only on obvious robocalls or poorly written scripts. Artificial intelligence, voice cloning, caller impersonation, and increasingly personalized information can...