WHNT

BBB Scam Alert: Fake relief check phone calls claim you have money waiting

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The Better Business Bureau of North Alabama’s President and CEO Karen Reeves warns of fake relief check phone calls directing people to a phishing site. Learn how the scam ...
Lifehacker

‘Wrong Phone Number’ Scams Are on the Rise

April 29, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's ...
Money Digest on MSN

Scam Phone Numbers To Never Answer If They Call You

Once upon a time, when the phone rang it was either someone you knew or a wrong number. Times have changed, unfortunately, ...
Valley News Live

West Fargo Police Department warning residents of phone number scam

WEST FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The West Fargo Police Department has learned of a scam going around where a caller is using what looks like the department’s phone number. In the scam, residents ...
Gizmodo

How Scammers Poison AI Results With Fake Customer Support Numbers

Scammers love to seed the internet with fake customer service numbers in order to lure in unsuspecting victims who are just trying to fix something wrong in their life. Con artists have done it to ...
WIBW

Scam Alert: Surrounding counties receiving phone call scam

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous calls regarding a phone scam. The scam includes a call from Lieutenant James Perry from the Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office ...
The York Dispatch

Carroll Township Police warn of scam spoofing their phone number

Carroll Township Police are warning residents about a scam in which the perpetrators are spoofing the department’s phone number and using it to get money from the people they call. At least one victim ...
The Morning Journal

Lorain County Sheriff’s Office warns of scam with spoofed phone number

The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public to a phone scam currently circulating in the area. On April 16, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a scam phone call where the scammer ...
Yahoo

WVU Medicine warns against scam calls using its phone number

Feb. 13—MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine announced on Thursday that it has received reports of fraudulent phone calls appearing to come from the WVU Medicine phone number 304-598-4200. It said the bad actors ...
News9

OG&E warning customers of scam using fake phone number

Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) is warning of a scam targeting customers over the phone. The company says a fraudulent phone number comes up when searching "OG&E payments" or "how to pay my OG&E bill ...
abc27

Pennsylvania Utility Commission says phone number ‘spoofed’ for scam

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is warning of a scam that has co-opted their phone number. The PUC said they’ve received more than 70 phone calls Thursday alone ...