{"id":820,"date":"2023-04-14T10:34:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T10:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/?p=820"},"modified":"2023-05-06T09:26:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T09:26:04","slug":"how-many-spam-phone-calls-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/articles\/how-many-spam-phone-calls-in-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Spam Phone Calls in the USA?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Spam or scam phone calls are a serious matter. According to a study by Ben Treanor from Time2play<\/a>, every day the average American receives 3 to 4 spam calls daily. These calls have the power to damage one’s life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Because of the vast amount of phone numbers around the world<\/a>, scammers often have a lot of numbers to call. In the USA, there have been recorded cases of successful spam calls nationwide. In 2022 alone, 8.8 billion USD were reported lost, according to last year\u2019s data from the Federal Trade Commission<\/a>. In 2022, Americans were swindled out of approximately $87 billion by robocalls and phone scams, marking a staggering 116% increase from the previous year. Consumers received nearly 86 million robocalls in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone fraud and other types of cellphone identity theft<\/a> reached record levels globally in the fourth quarter of last year. In Hiya\u2019s Global Call Threat Report 2022<\/a>, there were 7.5 billion instances of phone spam in the last three months of 2022. Europe experienced the brunt of the surge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To tackle the problem of overseas calls entering American phone networks, the Federal Communications Commission<\/a> has introduced new rules. These require all service providers to adopt the industry-standard caller ID authentication technology known as STIR\/SHAKEN<\/a>. The FCC hopes that these protocols will safeguard customers against the threat of robocalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone Number Spoofing is a way for scammers to make caller IDs show false information. These scam companies or people know that many people no longer answer calls from 1-800 numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Scammers try to get people to answer calls they would normally ignore by putting fake local phone numbers or information into caller ID devices. Spoofing a phone number is usually legal in the U.S. unless it is done with the intent to scam or hurt someone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the FCC\u2019s Truth in Caller ID Act<\/a>, “any person or entity is prohibited from transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller ID information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongly obtain something of value.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n If someone faked your phone number, you’ll probably get a lot of angry callback messages. People who don’t know the number will often call it back to stop the spam calls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Even though a helpful voicemail won’t stop the calls, it can help victims understand the situation and make it less likely that they’ll fall into any kind of scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Truecaller and The Harris Poll<\/a> released the results of a study that looked at the effects of spam and phone scams. The study says that a shocking $39.5 billion was lost to phone scams in 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This figure is the highest amount since Truecaller began studying scams and spam calls in the U.S. eight years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As of 2021, each phone scam cost an average of $567.41. This was a huge jump from 2020 when a scam call only cost an average of $182. That means that between 2020 and 2021, the amount of money lost per scam call went up by a huge 212%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scammers often use different tactics in order to gain more money from their victims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Scammers are creative when employing different ways to steal your money. Aside from phone number spoofing, here are some common tactics they use to get money from victims: These scam tactics are centered on building authority and coercing the victim to do as they say through aggressive telemarketing, misinformation, and placing threats on your safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, discover how many spam calls there are in the country, their damaging effects on a person\u2019s life, and how to spot them in real life.<\/p>\n\n\n\nInteresting Scam Calls Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Growth of Spam Phone Calls<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Phone Spoofing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How Much is Lost Through Spam Calls?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Most Popular Scam Call Tactics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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