Scam calls surge in Louisiana with over 50 million targeting residents in December

Louisiana residents received over 50 million scam calls in December, according to new statistics from the spam blocking app ...
AOL

The Scam Call Epidemic Is a National Crisis and No One Is Doing Anything About It

Scam calls have exploded into a nationwide problem, reaching levels that experts now describe as a crisis. Americans are bombarded daily with fake delivery updates, bank alerts, and government ...
Android Authority

First calls and texts, now Pixels could detect scams from chat apps (APK teardown)

An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google’s Scam Detection feature is coming to chat apps. The feature will display scam detection alerts in chat app notifications. It’s possible that ...
BGR

Google Says iPhone More Likely To Get Scam Texts And Calls Than Android

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 ...
SlashGear

If You Hate Scam Calls, iOS 26 Has A Feature You'll Actually Like

Keeping your phone safe from AI scams is important, as scam calls can be maddening. But if you have an eligible iPhone that's up to date, you have access to a new iOS 26 feature that automatically ...
9to5Mac

When a scammer calls you, they likely bought your number

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 ...
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Phone companies to block scam calls from abroad that impersonate banks under new Government plans

Britain's biggest phone networks have pledged to put an end to scammers being able to bombard Britons with cold calls from overseas call centres. BT and EE, Vodafone Three and Virgin Media O2 have ...