Federal prosecutors say an Archer City man turned phone pitches and medical gizmos into a $61.5 million Medicare racket. On Wednesday, it caught up with him. Robert "Bobby" Leon Smith III, 50, was ...

The scale of fraudulent telecommunications activity has reached unprecedented levels, with an estimated 50 billion nuisance calls targeting American consumers each year. This massive criminal ...

Unwanted Scam Calls Are Out of Control, But One Strategy Can Silence Them ...

Phone scammers are getting smarter and flooding phones across the country. New data shows Americans are receiving billions of robocalls each month, many tied to scams and telemarketing. Locals say the ...

TO CUT DOWN THOSE CALLS. THESE CALLS ARE GOING TO KEEP COMING, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO TO STOP SOME OF THEM. NUMBER ONE, PUT YOUR PHONE NUMBER ON THE NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY. HERE’S ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 28—Blocking phone numbers can prevent unwanted calls and texts from offensive individuals, telemarketers, and scammers. Many ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 39-year-old man is scheduled to plead guilty Monday in Mississippi in a telemarketing scam that allegedly targeted senior citizens around the country, telling them they had won ...