Years ago, email spam was a huge problem. There was an escalating war between spammers and spam filters. Eventually, spam filter technology won. Although email spam is still a thing, the vast majority ...

CHICAGO -- The text message is clear: Scammers want to steal from you in a new way. For the second year in a row, spam texts have outnumbered spam calls. According to the annual RoboKiller Phone Spam ...

Pretty much all of us are used to robocalls, info-marketers, and spam in our emailsand now scammers are targeting another form of communication: text messages. According to NPR, more than 47 billion ...

Flooded mailboxes, cluttered inboxes and constant phone buzzing plague millions of people daily. If you want to stop spam mail, political texts and unwanted emails from taking over your life, you're ...

When Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls, and it can also screen text messages on your iPhone. With iOS 26, Messages can hide ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If it seems like you’re being inundated with spam calls and texts these days, you’re not alone. There are the text messages about supposed unpaid traffic tickets, those encouraging us ...

Your phone rings, the number is unknown but you pick up in case it’s a doctor’s office or your child’s school – only to find it’s a debt-reduction offer or bogus info about how you won a free cruise.

Stop spam texts with iOS 26. Learn how Apple’s new filter keeps junk in a separate folder so your inbox stays clean.

There's good news and bad news about unsolicited calls and texts. The good? Unwanted robocalls are down 10% in 2024, according to YouMail's Robocall Index, as marketers run up against smartphone call ...

Pretty much all of us are used to robocalls, info-marketers, and spam in our emails—and now scammers are targeting another form of communication: text messages. Here’s how to stop spam texts and ...