According to the Q4 2024 Global Call Threat Report, UK residents received an average of four spam calls per month, with the share of unknown spam calls rising from 28% to 32%. This tally has ...

The special week of programming will highlight what viewers can do to protect themselves and those they love from being scammed ...

Mobile phone users are set to be better protected from text message scams, under new rules for providers to follow. Regulator ...

LONDON (AP) — Unwanted phone calls are out of control. Whether it’s a robocall trying to sell you something or spam calls from scammers trying to rip you off, it’s enough to make you want to stop ...

A man who sent nearly one million spam text messages, targeting people facing financial hardship, has been fined £200,000.

For the past two months, 91-year-old South Milwaukee resident Dorothy Wiza's phone has been bombarded with spam calls. Starting in November, while Wiza ate meals at her kitchen table or sorted through ...

With spam calls outnumbering actual calls, they have become one of the biggest nuisances for smartphone users. Phone anxiety has assumed a new form, where I dread yet another call from a scammer. To ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If it seems like you’re being inundated with spam calls and texts these days, you’re not alone. There are the text messages about supposed unpaid traffic tickets, those encouraging us ...

Spam calls are annoying. I have my phone ringer on in case there is an emergency, but before iOS 26, spam would routinely call my iPhone a handful of times a week. It was extremely stressful, ...

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has levied a fine of £200,000 (US $260,000) against a sole trader who sent ...