Scammers have various methods when it comes to getting their hands on your phone number. You might think, "Well, what's the big deal? Isn't it easy to find someone's number these days, no matter what?

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Last month, we looked at how scammers can gain access to your phone number and how data breaches and phishing campaigns could make obtaining it easy. In this blogpost, we’ll focus more on why phone ...

Most of us are dealing with information overload to some degree or another, so it's not all that surprising that when someone asks us for our phone number, we sometimes draw a blank. After all, most ...