Source Name: Truecaller
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Truecaller's Global Spam Report 2021 says India Received 202 Million Calls from a Single Spammer
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Truecaller has launched its fifth edition of the annual Global Spam Report - a detailed, global study on how spam and scam affects all of us. The report, like the previous years, lists the Top 20 Countries Affected by Spam Calls in 2021 and is available for everyone to read on the Truecaller official blog. With the people navigating through the ongoing pandemic and countries going into a second round of lockdown, this year’s report has shown that not only has the pandemic affected communication behavior but also spam patterns around the world.
2021 Global Spam and Scam Report
This year, Truecaller has been able to help our 300 million users around the world block and identify 37.8 billion spam calls. Part of the report closely examines the critical trends in spam and scam over the past year, highlights some important numbers, the current landscape and what one can expect in 2022!
A detailed analysis of spam calls in India
As per the Global Spam Report 2021, India has moved up in rankings from 9th to 4th position owing to a significant increase in sales and telemarketing calls. This year, all categories of sales-related calls make up a vast majority (93.5%) of all incoming spam calls.
Over 202 million spam calls were made by just one spammer in India this year. That’s over 6,64,000 calls every day and 27,000 calls every hour of every day.
Another interesting insight from the report is that one of the most common scams in the country remains the ever-popular KYC (know your customer) scam where fraudsters pretend to be a bank, wallet or digital payment service, asking for user KYC documents as mandated by the Reserve Bank of India.
Top Countries Affected by Spam
Key trends from other parts of the world
The full report and graphics can be found here:
Download all Graphics here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kIfVzZTEmBRVNb-lkk4JbSEsb9EepGh8?usp=sharing
Notes & Methodology The data in this article was aggregated anonymously from incoming and outgoing calls & messages during the period of January 1st, 2021 to October 31, 2021. No context of any calls or messages were read. During this period of time we helped our users identify 184.5 billion calls and helped identify 586 billion spam SMS globally. Read our privacy overview.
About Truecaller We enable safe and relevant conversations between people and make it efficient for businesses to connect with consumers. Fraud and unwanted communication are endemic to digital economies, especially in emerging markets. We are on a mission to build trust in communication. Truecaller is an essential part of everyday communication for over 300 million active users, with half a billion downloads since launch and more than 37.8 billion unwanted calls identified and blocked. Headquartered in Stockholm, since 2009, we are a Co-founder-led, entrepreneurial company, with a highly experienced management team. Truecaller has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 8 October 2021.
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