Any time you buy a new cellphone or upgrade your old one, you become a potential target of identity theft unless you take some basic safety steps. For starters, it’s important to back up your data — ...

Police departments in Ohio are warning of a new scam using a phone and a magnet to track your location. The latest scheme involves criminals attaching a cell phone to the roof of a car with a magnet, ...

CINCINNATI — If it's starting to feel impossible to keep up with all the scams out there, you may be right. A new report from CNET says Americans are being targeted by more scams than ever. That ...

ESCANABA, MI— The Sheriff's Office has been made aware of a scam requesting the public to return cell phones that were ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new cell phone scam is ...

These simple rules help you decide when to answer the phone—and when to let it ring. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps, and ad-blocking ...

The Stallion Springs, California Police Department is warning the public about a cell phone "spoofing" scam that's going around asking for personal information. The spoofing scam appears to look like ...

The commission said scammers use recordings to authorize unwanted charges. — -- The Federal Communications Commission is warning consumers about a new scam that is hooking consumers with just one ...

The stories have played out across the country. In New Jersey, it was a 74-year-old retired art restorer contacted by a person purporting to be an Apple representative, advising her that her computer ...