In a 2018 survey about unsolicited phone calls, 41 percent of respondents stated that they were able to identify the call as a scam call as the caller seemed implausible or had a story that just did not add up. Additionally, 29 percent stated that the heavy accent or poor English of the caller gave it away as a scam call.
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Australian Communications and Media Authority. (December 5, 2018). Breakdown of attributes that identify a scam call in Australia in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040802/australia-breakdown-attributes-that-identify-scam-call/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Breakdown of attributes that identify a scam call in Australia in 2018." Chart. December 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040802/australia-breakdown-attributes-that-identify-scam-call/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. (2018). Breakdown of attributes that identify a scam call in Australia in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040802/australia-breakdown-attributes-that-identify-scam-call/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Breakdown of Attributes That Identify a Scam Call in Australia in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040802/australia-breakdown-attributes-that-identify-scam-call/
Australian Communications and Media Authority, Breakdown of attributes that identify a scam call in Australia in 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040802/australia-breakdown-attributes-that-identify-scam-call/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Breakdown of attributes that identify a scam call in Australia in 2018 [Graph], Australian Communications and Media Authority, December 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040802/australia-breakdown-attributes-that-identify-scam-call/