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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 ...

It never fails: Just as you sit down to enjoy a nice meal with the family, your phone rings. Sigh. Even more annoying is the ...

Do you get bothersome phone calls on your Verizon phone? You can do call and message blocking from 24/7 automated phone system call, spammers, cold callers, salespeople, or anybody else with whom you ...

Until recently, one of the giveaways for these scam calls was that they came from an unknown number – often from an international number that is immediately suspicious and gives people cause to ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Caller ID is the technology that allows any phone to display the number of other phones connecting to it. If you're making a call, that's your outbound caller ID. If you're receiving a call, it's the ...

Calls to your home before 8 a.m. and after 9 p.m. Robocalling without your prior written consent Robocalling without an opt-out mechanism All calls that don’t identify the caller, who they’re calling ...

Your cellphone rings and the voice on the other end warns you of the dire consequences of not hitting “1” on your keypad and speaking to someone on the other end right away. The automated voice will ...