Getting to the bottom of your spam folder is not as scary as it sounds. (Photo: Getty) "Have you checked your spam folder?" You've probably heard this question before. But perhaps you weren't quite ...

My spam folder currently contains over 500 emails of incomprehensible phishing attempts, newsletters from companies I didn’t know I subscribed to, and a variety of unsolicited messages. I’m grateful ...

There were an estimated 2.6 billion calls in the month of July from spammers or robotic telemarketers. NBC’s Vicki Nguyen ...

No matter how much Google has bolstered security with RCS in Google Messages, spam messages remain a problem. The app is pretty good at catching those phishing attempts, but it’s still smart to check ...

The average person receives an awful lot of spam and scams by phone, text, and email. Apple and ISPs offer anti-spam tools for email (with varying degrees of effectiveness), and cell carriers and ...

Thought you could escape spam with smart email filters? Think again. A Georgia school district has learned the hard way that it doesn't pay to rely on those filters completely. A Cobb County School ...

Most of these are spam, but at least one definitely isn’t. Before I incur the wrath of non-Gmail users, let me just note that this tip also applies to Hotmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, and so on. But ...

A spam filter is a program that automatically processes incoming messages to sift out spam and potentially dangerous computer viruses. There are many types of spam filters, thanks to the ever growing ...

1. Tap Settings. 2. Tap Apps near the bottom of the menu. 3. Tap Phone. Under the section Screen Unknown Callers, you'll see three options: Never, Ask Reason for Calling and Silence. Here's what you ...

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