Ars Technica reports that the FCC has finalized some rules that will require mobile phone carriers to block robotext messages that are likely to be illegal. These new rules are the first stepping stones to helping mobile phone users from being inundated with scam robotext messages that have been increasing by the thousands every year.
Read MoreArs Technica writes about the increased amount of fraud being used in the popular mobile banking app Zelle. There have beene $255 million in fraud and scam claims on Zelle in 2022, which is a huge increase from 2020’s $90 million in fraud and scam claims. What’s worse – a lot of these claims are
Read MoreI received an email today: I’ve seen quite a few of these lately in one form or another. They claim to be from some major online vendor and have recently made a big charge to your bank account. Then they conveniently lay out their phone number for you to call to “cancel or modify” the
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