Spam callers are always using every trick at their disposal to get you to answer their phone calls. Often, spam phone calls, such as the dreaded extended warranty call, come across the caller ID on ...

Slowly but surely, carriers are giving us the tools we need to fight spam calls. Earlier this week, Verizon added a new filter to the Call Filter app to specifically combat neighborhood spoofing calls ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon has protected wireless customers from more than 8.2 billion unwanted calls in 2023, detecting more than 42 billion unwanted calls to date. In an ...

One of the most persistent and annoying breeds of spam calls can now be blocked if you’re a Verizon customer. We’ve all gotten those calls. You see a call that looks like it’s from a local number with ...

Spoofed scam calls are bad enough, but neighborhood spoofing is worse — it can all be too tempting to answer when you see a number eerily similar to your own. Verizon (currently Engadget's parent ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. In recent years, as the number of spam and robocalls have flooded my phone lines, I started to notice a ...

The issue was discovered by ethical hacker Evan Connelly, who warned that 'this wasn't just a data leak, but a real-time surveillance mechanism waiting to be abused,' in his report. The Call Filter ...

The coronavirus pandemic has given phone scammers yet another opportunity to use robocalls to prey on consumers. But some new laws have been enacted to help put a stop to all those annoying calls.