Scammers based abroad who pose as law enforcement officers are displaying genuine phone numbers of police stations in Japan when calling potential victims. The practice, apparently using apps that ...

As The Guardian reports, they have an AI chatbot that acts like a 78-year-old grandmother and receives phone calls ... So, to be successful, scammers have to make lots of calls.

Scambaiting, which started as a genre of YouTube content, is now a full-blown tech tactic — with support from Australia's ...

Police are urging residents of Woore and the wider Market Drayton area to exercise extreme caution following a surge in reports of sophisticated phone scammers impersonating police officers. The ...

A growing number of bank fraud cases involve phone scammers who impersonate bank officials to deceive customers into transferring their funds to a so-called “safe account” as their bank ...

MTN talked with the Bozeman Police Department about what to watch out for amid increasing phone scams.

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The Kern County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday issued a warning to the public about phone scammers posing as KCSO personnel. KCSO said it's receiving reports of residents fielding calls from ...