On an Android phone, you can disable all potential spam messages from Google's Messages app. Tap the profile icon in the upper right of the app and select Messages Settings > Spam protection. Turn on ...

Your phone rings, the number is unknown but you pick up in case it’s a doctor’s office or your child’s school – only to find it’s a debt-reduction offer or bogus info about how you won a free cruise.

Remember when we thought putting our numbers on the Do Not Call List would actually insulate us from those harassing phone calls. Not only did that not happen, we now have to contend with a growing ...