But there's a lot worse that could happen. The line between spam and scam calls is often thin and blurred. The person on the other end of the call might sound like they're trying to sell you ...

A new scam, the Call Merging Scam, is on the rise following the missed call fraud. Scammers call victims, claiming a friend shared their number, and persuade them to merge an incoming call.

Many Americans are frustrated by an unending barrage of scam and spam telephone calls. Multiple reliable sources note that there are typically over 3 billion unwanted calls each month. Last year, it ...

NPCI has issued a warning about the call merging scam that exploits phone call merging to steal OTPs for financial fraud. Scammers manipulate victims into merging calls with another fraudster to ...

Scam calls impersonating HMRC were most prevalent in the last quarter of 2024, according to scam and spam call-blocking service Hiya. Hiya used its technology to observe and flag calls on its network ...

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) issued a warning about a new call merging scam through which users unwittingly share One-Time Passwords (OTPs), allowing scammers to steal their ...

A new cyber fraud merges calls to trick users and steal money (REPRESENTATIVE PIC) Also Read: 3 of same family lose ₹10.64 lakh in online scam The NPCI which developed the Unified Payments ...