There are several steps you can take to block a number on a landline phone and reduce the amount of spam calls you receive.

To block a number on an iPhone or Android, you can use your device's Phone app. To block a number on a landline, contact your service provider or use a call-blocking device.

Landline phones will also have access to the protection service through Caller ID. Verizon says that feature flagged nearly 1 billion scam and robocalls since launching last year.

Verizon is getting ready to offer a free robocall blocking app, as it steps up efforts to combat the growing plague of spam calls.

Email-to-text spam is everywhere and Verizon is giving you the simplest way to block all of it. Just text OFF to 4040 and live free.

Major phone companies say they'll give customers free tools to block robocalls as part of an agreement reached with 51 state attorneys general. It's the latest step from government and industry to ...

Verizon wants to help curb those obnoxious “spoofing” calls from similar area codes to your own with a new tool called Neighborhood Filter.