A suspicious username, often similar to a real username (like “contact12” for a scammer impersonating a company’s customer ...

Criminals use manipulated phone numbers via a process known as spoofing, and even AI-generated voices to put pressure on ...

They didn't ask for a gift card. They wanted gold. A new phone number. And more than a month of complete trust. A Virginia ...

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Medicare scam calls use spoofed numbers to target patients ...

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 ...

Scammers impersonate Social Security Administration officials to steal personal information or money. They falsely claim your ...

Bettendorf police warn of scammers posing as officers to demand bond money over the phone from inmate families after viewing ...

A Wisconsin sheriff’s office is warning families of jail inmates about scam calls that may be using public jail-roster ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is warning customers about scammers increasingly using barcodes to defraud residents of their money. So far this year, monetary losses from scams impacting PG&E customers ...

Your phone lights up. The number looks local. You answer because maybe it is the doctor, the school, a delivery driver or someone you actually need to hear from. Then comes the pause. That tiny ...

The Hernando County Sheriffs Office is warning residents that scammers are working the phones again, this time pretending to ...