The phone rings. A man identifies himself as a Travis County Sheriff's Office deputy. He says you missed jury duty. A warrant has been issued for your arrest. But the whole thing can go away, he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scammers tend to try to create urgency – claiming that there is a warrant for your arrest, for example. Scam calls are an epidemic ...

If it feels like it's getting harder and harder to avoid being scammed, that's because it is. In the age of artificial intelligence, scammers are using voice cloning that can sound very real, and ...

I’ve noticed an uptick in scam emails that get past Gmail’s spam filters over the past few years. As an author, the emails I get are usually from so-called book clubs, filled with empty praise for my ...