Spam and telemarketer calls are alive and well in 2026 - here’s how I shield myself against them as best as possible.

ATLANTA — If you own a cell phone, it's likely you get spam calls regularly. And a lot of the time, it's that robotic voice none of us wants to hear when we pick up the phone. Americans got 58.5 ...

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Robocalls are not only annoying, many times they aim to defraud consumers. Telemarketing and robocalls are the top source of consumer complaints received by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...

Robocalls have become an unavoidable part of daily life, flooding voicemails with unwanted messages from unknown numbers. But there are steps you can take to reduce or eliminate these intrusive calls, ...

Americans received nearly 4 billion robocalls in February.

Use your phone’s “Silence Unknown Callers” (iPhone) or spam protection settings (Android) to automatically block or send un ...

Calls and messages from scammers are universally annoying. You know the feeling. You pick up the phone, expecting it's something or someone important, only to be met with a recorded message about ...

Your phone rings, the number is unknown but you pick up in case it’s a doctor’s office or your child’s school – only to find it’s a debt-reduction offer or bogus info about how you won a free cruise.

Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission announced it is cracking down on illegal telemarketers in one of the biggest multi-agency sweeps ever. The FTC is partnering with 101 law enforcement agencies, ...

You phone rings and instinctively you pick it up. After a second of silence, you here a recorded message and immediately know the dread of getting a robocall. It may seem harmless, but robocalls are a ...