Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A phone scam posing as a free upgrade offer from AT&T has left consumers facing unexpected charges and account issues. Scammers ...

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

Malwarebytes just launched a free tool that lets you paste any phone number and find out in seconds whether it has been flagged as a scam.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

Your phone comes with built-in spam text protection, but it might be turned off by default. I'll tell you how to change that ...

Your phone can be a connection to the outside world that helps you stay in touch with family and friends. But it can also be a means for scammers to get between you and your money through tricks and ...

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 ...

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 ...

People are growing wise to pyramid schemes and emails from Nigerian princes, so scammers are getting crafty. Nowadays, artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere. Generative AI platforms make it ...

Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever’s calling you is who they appear to be. “I'm so ...

We’re expecting Android 17 to begin rolling out later this month, but first, Google has a batch of updates for the wider Android device ecosystem. As usual, some of the new features are limited to ...