Scammers love phones. A lot! In fact, in 2023 alone, phone scams led to over $25.4 billion in losses, affecting 21% of Americans, or more than 56 million people, according to a report by Truecaller. FYI, the trend hasn’t slowed down.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ranks phone calls as the second-most-common contact method for fraud in 2024. Even worse, these scams had the highest per-person financial loss, with a median of $1,500 per victim.
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