Scam calls in the United States caused total loss of about 19.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. According to an online survey conducted by The Harris Poll, the amount of money lost by Americans in 2020 increased with 9.2 billion U.S. dollars compared to 2019 and is the most amount of money lost due to scam calls in the period between 2014 and 2020.
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Truecaller. (April 16, 2020). Amount of money lost to phone scam in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050001/money-lost-to-phone-scam-in-the-united-states/
Truecaller. "Amount of money lost to phone scam in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 16, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050001/money-lost-to-phone-scam-in-the-united-states/
Truecaller. (2020). Amount of money lost to phone scam in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050001/money-lost-to-phone-scam-in-the-united-states/
Truecaller. "Amount of Money Lost to Phone Scam in The United States from 2014 to 2020 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050001/money-lost-to-phone-scam-in-the-united-states/
Truecaller, Amount of money lost to phone scam in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050001/money-lost-to-phone-scam-in-the-united-states/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Amount of money lost to phone scam in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Truecaller, April 16, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050001/money-lost-to-phone-scam-in-the-united-states/