Haloa Blog

A stranger told my great grandmother I'd been kidnapped. She did everything right and it didn't matter. Here's how the scam works.

Answered a scam call by mistake? Relax. Picking up alone can't hurt you. Here's the one real consequence and what to do next.

You registered, waited 31 days, and the calls kept coming. The registry isn't broken. It's doing exactly what it was built to do.

Yes, and yours too. Caller ID is a claim, not proof. Here's how a stranger ends up calling from your mom's number, or your own.

That call isn't from your neighbor. It's not even from that number. Here's how neighbor spoofing works, and why no blocklist can keep up with it.

Blocking a spam number feels like progress. It isn't. Here's why the block button can't win, and what actually would.