Telecom Builds AI ‘Grandmother’ Bot to Talk to Phone Scammers and Waste Their Time
Called Daisy, or "dAIsy," the voice-based AI mimics a senior citizen to hold meandering conversations with phone scammers.
Google's live scam detection for phone calls is now out for Pixel devices
One of the Gemini AI-powered features Google introduced at I/O this year was a solution for never-ending scam calls. It has ...
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Google Pixel Phones Get Real-Time Scam and Malware Detection Features
The AI-based features are rolling out to Pixel 6 or newer first but will soon be expanded to other Android devices, Google ...
New AI-Powered Phone Hack Attack—This 1 Popup Can Stop Them
The simple solutions are often the best, and this security trick to stop the flood of convincing AI-driven support call scams ...
15 Common Phone Scams to Look Out For—and How to Avoid Them
Scammers are sneakier than you might think, so you need to know how to protect your money and your information ...
Robocalls, scam texts are frustrating. How you can fight back
With the 2024 political campaign season behind us, robocalls and texts will be slowing down. But they aren't gone all ...
Spoofing scams: How to recognize and protect yourself from fake numbers
The phone numbers sending these texts may not be as they appear; Clemson University in South Carolina released a statement ...
‘Hang up. Call your grandchildren’: Alberta grandparents warn of financial scam
An elderly couple in southern Alberta were nearly duped out of more than $8,000 when they were told their grandson needed bail money.
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'Just hang up': Police warn residents about ongoing phone scams
Barrie police issue warning to local residents after noticing increase in grandparent and bank-investigator scams ...
Scammers can make the Medicare enrollment period treacherous. Here are ways to protect yourself.
Toward the end of November, scammers try to leverage a Medicare deadline to pressure older people and caregivers into disclosing sensitive information like Social Security numbers.
Residents warned of phone scam spoofing numbers from Hilo courthouse
The State Judiciary Office advised this after reports of scammers spoofing phone numbers from the Hilo Courthouse. These calls are from bad actors appearing to be from a legitimate source. Court ...