Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Wrong Phone Number’ Scams Are on the Rise - Kostenko Maxim / Shutterstock.com If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a ...

Yesterday, January 30, 2026, I received a call from a private number. The caller claimed to be a captain with the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office and contacted me as a “courtesy” because I allegedly ...

Person holding their phone with an incoming call from an unknown number. There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, ...

A phone scam is making rounds in St. Louis County, with the caller claiming they are from Publishers Clearing House.

WAGONER COUNTY, Okla. — Deputies are warning of a phone scam that is circulating Wagoner County asking for residents’ personal information. The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple ...

The New York State Police are warning the public about an ongoing phone spoofing scam in which scammers impersonate members of law enforcement or government agencies in an attempt to solicit sensitive ...

Coppell police are sounding the alarm after a flurry of reports this week about con artists posing as the police chief or ...

Administrators of the Oregon Department of Justice’s Consumer Hotline are warning Oregonians about a new scam involving unauthorized transfers of phone numbers to different wireless carriers. In the ...

It can be difficult to ignore the infamous ‘ding' from your phone when getting a new text, but sometimes those messages have a phony background, asking you to click a link or respond with sensitive ...

There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, according to call-blocking app YouMail (the Federal Communications ...