Your phone already has powerful spam protection tools—you just need to activate them. We show you how on iPhone and Android.

We've all received a call or text from a number we don't recognize. But beyond the occasional wrong number or pocket-dial situation, many of these are spam calls that fortunately can be stopped.

According to Robokiller, Americans received 19.2 billion spam and scam texts in April 2025 alone — that comes out to about 63 spam texts for every person. There's only one group of people who don't ...

The newest text scam making the rounds is a message that (poorly) impersonates your state DMV with a threat to rescind your license unless you pay outstanding fees. NPR reports that departments of ...

As the deadline approaches, the incidence of scams is likely to rise. In 2022, scammers defrauded $5 billion from Americans in student loan-related scams, according to estimates from RoboKiller, an ...

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Robocalls are a daily nuisance, but there are simple and free ways to stop them.Your smartphone has built-in features to fight back. On iPhones, go to Settings, scroll to Phone, and activate "Silence ...

No, you don’t owe any toll fees and you won’t face penalties or legal action if you fail to pay them, but that won’t stop the crooks from flooding your inbox. A wave of scam texts masquerading as ...