Fraud investigators are warning that the technology needed to impersonate a person’s voice has collapsed to almost nothing. A ...

A familiar voice on the telephone is no longer reliable proof of identity. Modern cloning tools can imitate a relative from a ...

A California mom says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars this month after receiving a call that sounded like her daughter in distress. She now suspects it was an artificial ...

Kris Sampson was working from home in Missoula, Montana, when her phone lit up with a call that appeared to come from her adult daughter. Sampson says the caller ID showed her name and photo, and the ...

Truecaller is turning scam defense into a shared task, giving relatives tools to manage protection settings and step into suspected fraud calls. Phone scam defenses usually depend on the person ...

Halo runs locally on Qualcomm Snapdragon NPUs while a new partnership with Modulate adds synthetic voice detection.

Truecaller has launched a household-level scam-protection feature as the Swedish company broadens its role beyond caller ID in response to the rising number of fraud attempts that target multiple ...

It starts quietly. Your phone buzzes. You see a voicemail notification. But your phone never rang. Then it happens again. And again. Before long, your voicemail inbox looks like it's under attack.

Alton Police warn residents about scam voicemails claiming a $1,299 purchase, urging people to verify accounts and ignore ...

Are you suddenly being inundated with calls about a loan you never applied for? You’re not alone. Annoying fraud calls from personal info-seeking scammers posing as processing reps, usually promising ...

Call screening tools are becoming a frontline defense against scam calls and robocalls. New built-in features from Apple and Google can automatically ask unknown callers to identify themselves.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Palm Beach police are warning residents about scam callers who pretend to be law enforcement officers ...