In the past week, for the first time in the four years I’ve used a smartphone, I’ve received several spam text messages from “Blocked” and “9999999”. I was annoyed, and puzzled about how to get this ...

Spam emails can be a real pain – potentially tricking you into handing over personal data and making it harder to spot the emails you actually want to see. Typically, the advice would be to block the ...

CHICAGO -- The text message is clear: Scammers want to steal from you in a new way. For the second year in a row, spam texts have outnumbered spam calls. According to the annual RoboKiller Phone Spam ...

Robocalls have become an unavoidable part of daily life, flooding voicemails with unwanted messages from unknown numbers. But there are steps you can take to reduce or eliminate these intrusive calls, ...

Depending on the account I am currently using, I do tend to receive spam texts, unwanted advertisements, or phishing emails. No matter how many times I keep marking them as spam they keep coming and ...

When it comes to text messages, I'm sure at one point we have all received one or two (or more) unwanted SMS messages. Be it spam or texts from unknown numbers it can be quite disconcerting. SMS ...

The Federal Trade Commission says scam calls always spike this time of year during open enrollment. If you are tired of ...

Sick of your phone buzzing at all hours with spam calls or shady texts? You’re not alone. Millions deal with the daily nuisance of unwanted calls and spam messages, but there are practical ways to ...

WSJ's Joanna Stern has the do's and don'ts of what to do with pesky marketing and spam text messages. Photo/video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal.