Robocall Attempts Up 75% in 2022: T-Mobile
Total robocall attempts increased 75% from 2021 to 2022, but technology like T-Mobile's Scam Shield helped reduce the calls that connect, T-Mobile said Wednesday in its second annual "Scam and Robocall Report." T-Mobile said it blocked 40 billion scam calls…
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throughout 2022. Scam call volume hit an all-time high in January 2022, then declined with “occasional spikes during seasonal scam surges,” T-Mobile said. Scammers followed “similar patterns from years past, targeting consumers more heavily on weekdays vs. weekends and heavily ramping up activity during the two weeks before Christmas,” T-Mobile said. Vehicle warranty scam calls dominated the first half of 2022, with T-Mobile’s technology blocking an average 4.2 billion calls/month, compared with 2.7 billion blocked calls/month in the second half. “Scammers never stay away for long, so as vehicle warranty scams went into hibernation, health and insurance-related scams quickly rose up to take their place,” T-Mobile said: “Back to school? That’s prime time for student loan fraudsters and Amazon scams. Tax season? IRS-related scams reigned supreme.”