With so many robocalls and phone scams happening every day, most of us know that the most logical and safest response to a call from an unfamiliar phone number usually doesn’t involve answering our smartphone with a warm greeting. Scam phone numbers are used every day to trick unsuspecting people into revealing their private information…
Scam for Scam – Funny Tricks to Stop Receiving Unwanted Calls
Up to now, unwanted calls refer to all unexpected calls like scam calls, spam calls, robocalls, telemarketing calls, etc. Both annoying and risky, all such unwanted calls may bring about losses on privacy or money. Hanging up alone fails to guarantee that you won’t receive such calls and some funny tricks work. Hanging up isn’t…
8 Top Banking Fraud to Watch in 2023
In the Wake of Covid-19, published in December 2020, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners found that 79 percent of respondents had seen rising fraud levels in the final months of 2020. Some 90 percent expected a further increase during 2021. The most serious areas of concern were cyber-fraud, including business email compromise, where 85…
What is Call Screening And How Does It Work?
No one expects robocalls, spam calls, and telemarketer calls. Over the past few years, many companies that have relied on spam calls have been able to call more people than ever before, much to the dismay of many. Sometimes spam callers rely on trickery to try and get you to answer the phone. By calling…
How to Stop Spam Text Messages on Smartphones
Spam texts are a growing problem, with billions of them sent every day. Americans received 225 billion spam texts in 2022, a 157% increase year-over-year. There are almost 300,000 spam texts sent per minute. Spam texts can be annoying, but they can also be dangerous. Receiving texts from unknown numbers is upsetting, to say the…
How to Block Private, Unknown, or Anonymous Calls
There are always times when you may get annoyed or irritated at the sound of your phone’s ring as it may come from an unknown person. In other words, anonymous calls can burn up the minutes available in a cell phone plan, resulting in losing calling time and wasted money. More seriously, the unknown calls…
How to Report Spam Calls and Texts
Whenever telephone calls exist, spam calls won’t come to an end. But it’s true that spam calls are 100% annoying. Based on the report on CNET, the US Federal Communications Commission has prioritized fighting illegal robocalls over the past few years, and the agency continues to turn up the heat in 2022. Almost everyone needs…
How to Identify and Stop Medicare Phone Calls?
Medicare scams come all year long but tend to increase around the Medicare Open Enrollment (MOE) period that runs from October 15 to December 7 each year. CAUTION! Medicare’s 60 million beneficiaries are a huge target for fraudsters who are looking to defraud Medicare or steal personal information. According to NBC, of the 2.4 million…
How to Block a Certain Area Code on Smartphone
With the development of smartphone technologies, people are now able to more easily communicate with their loved ones. However, not all calls are genuine. Scammers use fake phone numbers to manipulate individuals into revealing personal information or money. These scammers are constantly improving their tactics and can potentially take advantage of those who are not…
How to Identify and Smartly Avoid Craigslist Scams
Craigslist is a popular website for buying and selling items and services, but it also attracts criminals who try to scam people out of their money. Scams on Craigslist can take many forms, including car scams, certified check scams, and personnel scams. To protect yourself from these scams, it’s important to be aware of the…