Did you get a call from Amazon, Visa, or another company about a package on the way? Watch out — it could be a scammer.
Find out who's calling you from an unknown or blocked number
Scam and spam calls are getting more common. And they’re hard not to answer because the number comes up as “unknown.” When there’s no caller ID number, you can’t be sure if it’s a spam caller or an important call you’ve been waiting for.
If you’re anticipating a job offer or a call from a client, not knowing who’s calling can make this situation worse. Plus, you can’t block spam callers if their numbers don’t appear. Tap or click here to see what the most popular phone carriers do about spam calls from robocallers.
Fortunately, there are ways to find out who’s calling you from an unknown or blocked number. We put together a helpful guide on finding an unknown caller number. First, a privacy step I think everyone should take.
The easiest way to wipe your number from the web
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OK, onto the tricks!
Star 69
When mysterious phone calls clutter your call log, this phone number lookup trick helps you identify the unknown number calling your device. Follow these steps, and you won’t have to grimace when you look down at your phone and see that unknown number.
You may have heard of or used *67 to conceal your number from someone you called. Did you know there are similar numbers you can dial to respond to these anonymous callers?
The first one is *69, which traces the number of the last person who called you. It works even for anonymous or hidden calls, so you can get the phone number and the exact time they called.
As more flights are canceled, scams are spiking - How to protect yourself
The combination of the omicron COVID-19 variant and severe weather conditions has led to many flights being canceled. Tap or click here for details on fraudulent COVID tests being offered by robocallers.
By Tuesday afternoon, airlines canceled 1,400 more flights around the country. This has left many travelers stranded and frustrated, as more than 20,000 flights have been canceled since Christmas Eve.
Beware of these robocalls trying to rip you off
Nobody likes robocallers, and it’s not just because of how annoying and frequent their attempts to reach you are. Every day, more evidence emerges of robocallers using deceptive tactics to trick people into wasting money or giving up personal information — and the issue only continues to escalate.
Cut down on inbox junk with a disposable email address
There’s no hiding from it: Email signups are annoying as ever. And just when you think you’ve safely signed up to a legitimate website, your inbox is suddenly full of spam messages you never expected.
This is because many websites will sign you up for mailing lists when you verify your email address. To make matters worse, there isn’t much that can be done about it other than creating a separate email account for signups — but who even has time for that?
Warning: Americans lost $19.7 billion to scam calls over the past year
The coronavirus pandemic may have slowed or shut down many things in America, but scam callers certainly aren’t one of them. In fact, with more people communicating online than ever before, the next regular call to come through to your phone is more likely a scammer than not.
Coronavirus: Listen to these scam calls so you don't fall for them
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are far-reaching, and not even the internet is safe! Besides being the world’s number one topic for discussion and arguments, coronavirus has fueled an unfortunate spike in cybercrimes and scams.
Coronavirus phone scams: Scammers are tricking people into 'reserving' a vaccine
We have enough to worry about these days with the threat of coronavirus and financial turbulence. But leave it to robocallers to throw salt in our wounds and add insult to injury.
People are now reporting bizarre and frightening phone scams that promise coronavirus cures and vaccine reservations. Some are even fooling people into thinking they’re infected so they’ll pay for medicine. Tap or click here to find out how you can sue robocallers.
FTC shuts down 4 telemarketers responsible for billions of illegal robocalls
The dreaded robocaller
The phone rings and you’ve got a fifty-fifty chance of it being a robocaller. That’s right, nearly 50% of all calls are robocallers and they’ve been on the rise for quite some time. Where are all these robocalls coming from? Kim looks at what’s behind these annoying calls and what you can do about it.
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