SMS blasters are portable devices which impersonate a mobile phone network tower and are used by cybercriminals.

Spam text messages have surged nationally over the last few years. There was one month last year in which 19 billion spam texts were received in just 30 days, according to the Federal Trade Commission ...

There is nothing more annoying than relaxing, working, or spending time with friends, only to be interrupted by spam calls and unwanted text messages. It never stops with one, more are bound to come ...

Beware of text messages with promises to win or a call to action! Because it is precisely messages like these that repeatedly ...

The company was accused of using a referral program to send unsolicited texts, and now affected users can get paid for the trouble. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of the ...

When telemarketers call your house, answer by spelling "stop" out loud. I thought that I would try this one day because this ...

Robocalls and spam texts are increasing, impacting a significant number of Americans and leading to financial losses. Scammers are using more sophisticated methods, including AI, to target individuals ...

If you've gotten a mysterious message on your cellphone that looks like it came from your own phone number, do not click on the link. Verizon customers have reported receiving these messages over the ...

A new study shows that Ohio is the worst US state for spam calls and text messages.The study was performed by Textla, a Texas-based software company that analyzed data from the Federal Trade ...

More than 205 million spam short message service (SMS) messages were detected by Airtel Africa’s pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered spam detection service, Spam Alert in 13 of its markets ...