Phone scams have become increasingly sophisticated in recent years. One-ring calls and other phone scams target millions of Americans each year, and the tactics used by scammers evolve quickly. New ...

SPOKANE, Wash- The next time you get a phone call from a 564-area code don’t hang up. That phone call is coming from the west side of the state. The 360-area code was exhausted, meaning there’s no ...

Although the basics of the "809 area code" scam were once real, this item has also become one of the most relentlessly overpublicized instances of online scarelore, with dire warnings all out of ...

LOS ANGELES - Phone scams can come in many different forms. The most common type of scams include one-ring scams, traffic-pumping scams, and package delivery scams. Phone scams are the most common.

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 ...

Editor’s note: Barbara Holland takes a break from her Q&A column format to look at how new state laws are affecting area homeowners associations. A new area code number, 725, will be added to the ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It was just last year that we had to start dialing the 716 area code to make local phone calls, something we have never had to do before. Now, Western New York is getting a new ...

Major cell phone carriers have started to adopt a new technology that helps direct callers to the 988 suicide and crisis hotline to help centers based on their physical location rather than their ...