If your phone rings just once from a three-digit area code, you may assume the call is coming from somewhere in the United States and be tempted to call the number back. But satisfying your curiosity ...

Scams are becoming more and more prevalent, and simply blocking unwanted calls doesn’t always do the trick. They’re so common that experts have coined the term “scam economy.” Unfortunately, it’s easy ...

These days it can seem as though "spam likely" calls pop up on your phone almost every day. Not only is it incredibly annoying, but it can get in the way of work and life if you're somebody who takes ...

Scam calls are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with scammers using technology like AI-generated voices to deceive unsuspecting victims. These schemes can cost individuals significant amounts of ...

If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to ...

It's a new scam that tries to use your phone number to scam others. If you post your phone number in any public forum, you could be at risk. An ABC11 viewer discovered the scam in a quest to get rid ...

CINCINNATI -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Friday warned that consumers in Ohio and throughout the nation are reporting scam calls that appear to come from a 513 (Cincinnati) are code phone ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia State Police are warning Virginia residents of a social-security scam targeting certain area codes throughout the Commonwealth. The scam specifically targets numbers with 804, ...