‘Free phone’ scams are becoming increasingly common, and there’s now a new one to watch out for. With this version, a brand new phone is left on your doorstep and – unusually – the scammer didn’t use ...

There are government-recommended resources for checking whether you’re owed cash.

Someone you love could be standing at a bank counter right now, ready to wire money to a stranger. The voice in their ear may sound calm, official and urgent. Yet it could belong to a professional ...

A phone call telling you to return a new phone may be a scam. The scammer simply keeps your phone instead of replacing it. Hang up on such calls and contact the carrier directly. The next time you ...

If your mom cost you $12,000 in a scam, there may not be much you can do to get the money back, but you must take steps to ...

Thousands of people are bilked every year by criminals who enter the lives of their victims through their telephones. AARP once found that about half of all mobile calls were fraudulent, and that the ...

Your phone can be a connection to the outside world that helps you stay in touch with family and friends. But it can also be a means for scammers to get between you and your money through tricks and ...

Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever’s calling you is who they appear to be. “I'm so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A security guard works outside the Consulate General of India in San Francisco in 2021. Scammers are calling Indian residents in ...

People are growing wise to pyramid schemes and emails from Nigerian princes, so scammers are getting crafty. Nowadays, artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere. Generative AI platforms make it ...

We’re expecting Android 17 to begin rolling out later this month, but first, Google has a batch of updates for the wider Android device ecosystem. As usual, some of the new features are limited to ...