Text or short message service (SMS) scams decreased significantly by 86.6% in 2025, as scammers shifted to call-based scams ...

Americans get 2.5 million scam and robocalls a month, according to U.S. PIRG Education Fund, a consumer advocacy organization ...

A viral post on X highlighted eight steps that users can take to reduce spam calls on their mobile phones.

CANAAN — Imagine being home bound on a fixed income. Friends have passed away; family is scattered in different parts of the country. The phone rings. A voice on the other end says that you have been ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan says he is suing three out-of-state companies that allegedly used a telemarketing scam to bill thousands of people for unwanted services. Each ...

An Ohio man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison and ordered to repay nearly $200,000 he stole from mostly elderly people through a telemarketing scam. Myron Plummer of Mentor, Ohio, ...