Boston comedian Jay Larson’s 2012 bit “Wrong Number” was the inspiration for this whole “Great Bits” series when I began writing it in 2017. I was frustrated that most writing about stand-up focused ...

If you've received an innocent-sounding text from a number you don't recognize, it's not actually innocent. It's likely the start of a "wrong phone number" scam, which is increasingly being used to ...

Have you recently received text messages that appear to be from someone with the wrong phone number? Some social media users have wondered if there has been an unusual uptick in these kinds of text ...

Sometimes we get calls or texts from people who have the wrong number and it's completely innocent. Scammers know this, which is why they're using it to their advantage. So that is why I want to help ...

Whether you've fallen for text message scams in the past or even just side-eyed a slightly suspicious text, there's no reason to feel embarrassed—according to the FTC, text message scams shook ...