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

You already know to be wary of suspicious-looking text messages, but what happens if a text arrives from someone who appears ...

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 ...

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 ...

There's bad customer service — and even worse bogus customer service where anyone can easily be taken by a scammer with a quirky accent who demands a credit card on the spot when you call a fake ...

Scammers love to seed the internet with fake customer service numbers in order to lure in unsuspecting victims who are just trying to fix something wrong in their life. Con artists have done it to ...

Scammers don't just reach out directly — they also set traps by creating fake websites and listing fraudulent phone numbers online that appear to belong to legitimate companies. Venmo warns that its ...

Scammers are exploiting AI to trick people looking for customer numbers. Google's AI Overview, AI Mode, and OpenAI's ChatGPT are vulnerable. Run a regular search, or head to the company's website to ...