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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bank impostor scams cost Americans $2.9 billion as criminals use AI voices and caller ID spoofing to steal life savings.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Honolulu Police Department is warning the public about a recent rise in reports of a sneaky phone scam tactic. Caller ID spoofing is a type of scam where fraudsters mask ...

As technology advances, scams are becoming quite sophisticated. One of the latest threats is AI voice cloning which a malicious party can use to make it seem like they have a loved one held hostage.

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 ...

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 ...