Rick Anderson, a librarian at the University of Nevada at Reno, says he was suspicious when he got a call demanding that the library pay for a business directory he had never heard of. The woman on ...

Regulations protecting people from telemarketing scams now cover tech support scams, which have cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years. In a 4-1 vote, the Federal Trade ...

Aug. 6—Scams by text message and robocall flood cellphones and landlines daily, and they're not necessarily easy to spot or stop. They employ trust-inspiring, legitimizing facades to mask a real, ...

Robocalls are annoying. They can also be a scam. Here's what to know if someone calls you about your Medicare plan.

Our love affair with true crime links to their duality as triggering devices and a weird type of comfort. When the crime involves murder, we double-check that our doors are locked and maybe keep a ...

The phone rings, and as soon as you say hello, the person on the other end starts babbling about saving money on car insurance. Don’t say anything! They could be recording your voice, which they’ll ...

No more missed calls from Spam Risk. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a task force made up of 101 state and federal law enforcement agencies are cracking down on robocalls and telemarketing scams ...

NEW YORK — Reality television star Jen Shah has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for a telemarketing scam that lasted nearly a decade. In a news release, the U.S. Attorney for the ...

“Telemarketers” may be summer TV’s oddest thrill ride. Co-director Sam Lipman-Stern begins the three-part docuseries, which launches August 13 on HBO, in retrospect. He’s looking back at the footage ...

Fraud losses reported by people 60 and older climbed to nearly $2.4 billion in 2024, quadrupling since 2020 Investment scams—often tied to social m ...