If your phone rings just once from a three-digit area code, you may assume the call is coming from somewhere in the United States and be tempted to call the number back. But satisfying your curiosity ...

(Stacker) - These days it can seem as though “spam likely” calls pop up on your phone almost every day. Not only is it incredibly annoying, but it can get in the way of work and life if you’re ...

There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, according to call-blocking app YouMail (the Federal Communications ...

If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to ...

CINCINNATI -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Friday warned that consumers in Ohio and throughout the nation are reporting scam calls that appear to come from a 513 (Cincinnati) are code phone ...

Better Business Bureau is warning Montana residents with a 406 area code of a phone scam that appears to come from a legitimate Verizon customer service phone number. Faking genuine phone numbers is a ...

Find out why southern Arizona residents will soon encounter a new area code. Learn about the factors causing the shortage of phone numbers.