Have you ever received a phone call from a number you don't recognize, and then they don't even leave a voicemail? It gets you wondering who the mysterious person is that's calling you and what they ...

Spam calls are on the rise, and the scammers behind those calls are getting more and more sophisticated. Because of this, it can be harder to determine whether or not a call is actually a scam, ...

Open the Phone app. Tap Settings → Caller ID & Spam. Turn on Filter spam calls. Go to Settings → Phone → Silence Unknown Callers. Calls from people not in your contacts will go straight to voicemail.

Caller ID is standard now, but it wasn't always. When widespread adoption started in the 1990s, it was controversial to the point that it was widely viewed as an invasion of privacy. For people with ...

On an Android phone, you can disable all potential spam messages from Google's Messages app. Tap the profile icon in the ...

It's something that's happened to us all: we reach for our phone to answer a call only to see the words "scam likely" on the screen. As more people move to messaging as their primary means of keeping ...

When you call someone, you usually want them to know who you are. Usually. On the flip side, there are times when you might want or need to hide your phone number from the person on the other end of ...

Feeling buried under a flood of unwanted calls and texts on your iPhone? Sadly, you aren't alone, as spam calls and texts are on the rise from anyone from eager local businesses to politicians asking ...

Once upon a time, it took multiple devices, software, and/or programs to accomplish what a lot of us can now do with just our smartphones. You no longer need photo editing software to remove the ...

If you are like me and refuse to give up your home landline, you're probably no stranger to... well, strange calls. Landlines are more prone to spam calls than cellphones, which offer better ...