If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to ...

In 2024, approximately 3,500 scams were reported to the Attorney General's office, which increased to 4,000 last year.

The Department of Homeland Security recently said that Chinese criminal gangs have made more than $1 billion from scams directed at US phone numbers. While phone-based scams once relied on random ...

Before answering unknown calls, learn the most common phone scams and warning signs so you can protect your money and keep ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. You have been warned. This threat is now surging and has more than ...

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The number of job scams coming through text messages has increased in recent years, as has the amount of money Americans have lost to those scams. In a recent survey, Resume.org found that younger ...

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Android phones, and especially Pixel phones, are better at protecting consumers against scams than iPhone users, Google's Android team said in a report released on Thursday to mark the end of ...