Black Americans across the United States received racist text messages Wednesday and Thursday telling them they were selected to be enslaved and sent to work on a cotton plantation, The Columbus ...

Until recently, one of the giveaways for these scam calls was that they came from an unknown number – often from an international number that is immediately suspicious and gives people cause to ...

As the phone rang, the caller ID said, “CenterPoint Energy.” The caller said, “This is Adam Clayton with CenterPoint Energy. Is this Ruth?” Ruth replied, “Yes, it is.” “Ma’am we’re on a recorded line.

Neighbor spoofing — or having your caller ID inaccurately display your local area code and prefix instead of the actual number — is illegal and another way criminals try to solicit personal ...

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 ...

Receiving calls from hidden numbers can be more than just annoying—particularly when you discover it's someone trying to sell ...

Caller ID is standard now, but it wasn't always. When widespread adoption started in the 1990s, it was controversial to the point that it was widely viewed as an invasion of privacy. For people with ...

Your phone rings and the caller ID shows your bank’s number, the same one listed at the back of your debit card — but if you answer, you could be talking to a scammer. This sophisticated scam is on ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho State Police (ISP) is warning the public of a phone scam hitting the Gem State. The spoofing scam involves using a fake caller ID to impersonate ISP Captains or other personnel.

It’s not me mounting the defense, mind you. However, I thought it worth noting that a pair of recent columns — “Confessions of a Caller-ID spoofer” and “Caller-ID spoofing burns fire equipment company ...

Todd Smith, owner of the Maine Fire Equipment Company, spent Wednesday battling a conflagration of angry callers convinced that his small business was responsible for threatening them during the ...

To all the honest citizens out there, there's something you need to know about your Caller-ID service. You can't always trust it anymore. I clearly remember when Caller-ID first became available. I ...