For scammers as much as anybody, time is money. The more time a scammer spends talking to someone without taking their money or information, the less efficient their operation is. If a scammer gets ...

Another step you can take is to block numbers once you know they’re spam. Scammers will often change up their numbers, but ...

Chances are, you or someone you know has been the target of a scam. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), reported scams cost Americans more than $12.5 billion in 2024—a 25% increase from ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Robocall and text scams are rampant, tricking more people out of more money than ever before, but one northeast Ohio resident is fighting back. Eastside Eddie, as he calls himself, ...

Rose Okumura is a voice actor and a content creator. Now she's using her skills to turn to the tables on annoying telephone scammers. It's called scam baiting, which Collins English Dictionary defines ...

See what happens when someone turns the tables on a scam caller by intentionally drawing out the conversation. The video demonstrates a practical tactic for dealing with unsolicited scam calls.

Phone scams are all too common nowadays, but occasionally, a scammer catches someone with time to spare. Have you ever messed with a scammer by playing along just to waste their time? In this story, ...

A call from someone pretending to be an IRS agent is, for most of us, just part of the furniture of modern digital life. We hang up, we block the number, we move on. But for Ashton Bingham, then an ...