U.S. PIRG used data from YouMail to determine the increase in the number of unwanted calls. Floridians received 3.7 billion ...

From fake delivery alerts to phony bank fraud notices, phone scams are becoming more common each year. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) operates the “National Do Not Call Registry,” a list of phone ...

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

Other states have seen a significant rise in message spam and robocalls since 2023, including West Virginia, Florida, Arizona ...

The scam tells recipients that a $919.45 PlayStation 5 “special edition” purchase has been charged to their Walmart account. The message urges people to “press 1” to cancel the order. Callers who ...

“Hello! Please don’t hang up… did you know that you could save a bundle on…? This is a robocall, another automated telemarketer. Nowadays, robocalls make up 50 percent of all phone calls made.

In Antioch, Illinois, Linda Hensgen’s quiet life of retirement keeps getting interrupted. Several times a day, her cell and home phone will ring. But when Hensgen answers, it’s usually an automated ...

Americans were flooded with a record 5.7 billion robocalls last month — more than 17 per person in October — even as federal regulators try to crack down on the onslaught of prerecorded messages. The ...

Just like many of us, Carol and David Sher have been getting political text messages and robocalls leading up to next Tuesday's elections. "We're getting about four or five robocalls per day," said ...

In Perrong v. Bradford, No. 24-1925, the Third Circuit held such calls did not fall within the scope of the TCPA because the ...

Your heart races as your cellphone on the bedside table comes alive and wakes you in the middle of the night. Through blurry eyes, you see the number flash across ...