Entrepreneur

If Your Bank Is Calling, Don’t Answer. It’s Probably a Scam.

Bank caller ID spoofing scams are still happening frequently. But your bank will most likely never call you; if you get a call of any kind, hang up and call the number on your card directly or go into ...
Brainerd Dispatch

There’s an app for that? Scammers figure out how to ‘spoof’ local, business phone numbers

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - When Park Rapids, Minn., woman received a call a few weeks ago, she answered, not thinking much of it. The caller ID had said it was Essentia Health, after all, where Stephanie ...
WLWT

'It's really easy to spoof a phone number': Phishing and smishing scams on the rise

As technology and artificial intelligence are on the rise, so are the scams.No matter your age or how technology-friendly you are, scams are getting harder and harder to detect. Cyber Security ...
WTAE-TV

Phone spoofing scam using real numbers to trick people

MAKE SURE YOU DON’T FALL VICTIM. A WARNING FROM THE FBI ABOUT SCAM CALLS. NOT ONLY ARE THEY USING LOCAL NUMBERS, BUT THEY’RE ALSO STARTING TO USE REAL CALLER IDS. THAT INCLUDES A CALLER ID FROM THE ...
Which

How to protect yourself from number spoofing scams

Chiara is an award-winning investigative reporter who specialises in banking and fraud, joining Which? in 2015 following six years as a personal finance journalist at a national newspaper. Caller and ...
The Evening Sun

Penn Township police issue warning over spoof phone call scam impersonating department

Penn Township police are warning the community that the department has received multiple reports of scammers spoofing the department's phone number in an attempt to steal money or personal information ...