Spam calls are unsolicited, nuisance calls made to a large number of recipients, with the intended goal to persuade the recipient either to buy a service/product or to divulge sensitive personal information. In the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, nuisance and scam calls combined made up 45 percent of all spam calls. In this year, the average British phone user received 9.2 spam calls per month.
Distribution of spam phone calls received in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by source
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Truecaller. (December 18, 2018). Distribution of spam phone calls received in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045663/spam-calls-share-by-source-the-uk/
Truecaller. "Distribution of spam phone calls received in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by source." Chart. December 18, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045663/spam-calls-share-by-source-the-uk/
Truecaller. (2018). Distribution of spam phone calls received in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045663/spam-calls-share-by-source-the-uk/
Truecaller. "Distribution of Spam Phone Calls Received in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2018, by Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045663/spam-calls-share-by-source-the-uk/
Truecaller, Distribution of spam phone calls received in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by source Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045663/spam-calls-share-by-source-the-uk/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Distribution of spam phone calls received in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by source [Graph], Truecaller, December 18, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1045663/spam-calls-share-by-source-the-uk/