India tops 2017 spam calls lists

India leads spam calls lists for 2017 followed by the United States and Brazil with Indian users receiving 22.6 spam calls per month.

India leads the table with the average Truecaller user receiving 22.6 spam calls per month. Tying in for second place is the United States and Brazil with an estimated 20.7 calls per user each month.

Operator, debt collection, bank, political, health, spam, telemarketing, financial service, scam and insurance are common categories that tie all these spam calls together. In India’s spam call issue lies with operators and financial services. Many of these operators are seeking to provide special offers for free data or unlimited calls.

The spam calls in the U.S. have risen by yet another 20% (from 18.8 spam calls), making the United States second in line to be the world’s most spam-call plagued country. In the U.S., research says that spam calls are dominated by nuisance and scam calls. Financial services and debt collectors is also a big category that is spamming users.

Operators and debt collectors make up the majority of the spam calls in Brazil, which is pretty similar to the top spammers in Chile.

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