April 29, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The Better Business Bureau of North Alabama’s President and CEO Karen Reeves warns of fake relief check phone calls directing people to a phishing site. Learn how the scam ...

There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, according to call-blocking app YouMail (the Federal Communications ...

In an age of constant communication, receiving phone calls or messages from unknown numbers has become increasingly common. Whether it's a missed call from an unfamiliar number, a potential scam or a ...

Once upon a time, when the phone rang it was either someone you knew or a wrong number. Times have changed, unfortunately, ...

A troubling message landed in our inbox, and it reveals a scam that many people have never seen. Before we break it down, here is an email Gary from Palmetto, Florida, sent us: "This just happened to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — We all know scammers spend day and night calling potential victims, hoping to steal their money and information. Now we have a better idea of where they’re calling from, or at least ...

Be careful answering calls about an unclaimed relief check. According to the Better Business Bureau, there is “a new phishing phone scam where callers claim you have an unclaimed ‘relief check’ ...

These simple rules help you decide when to answer the phone—and when to let it ring. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps, and ad-blocking ...