phone scam

Last week the FCC warned of a surge in robocalls coming from the 222 country code that could hit consumers with toll charges if they return the call — that warning now includes 232 as well after many North Texans reported receiving the calls from Sierra Leone.

The FCC on Friday warned of a surge in what it calls the “One Ring” or “Wangiri” scam, a series of robocalls from Africa that can ring you up for a huge phone toll bill.

With the number of spam and scam calls to our phones getting worse every day, there’s finally hope of silencing the unwanted robocalls. New tech to stop caller ID spoofing is now just months away.

A electric and natural gas company has warned Texas and New Mexico customers to beware of pay-over-the-phone schemes.