India made over 202 mn spam calls between Jan to Oct: Report

Truecaller said in a statement that it has been able to help its 300 million users around the world identify and block 37.8 billion spam calls

A single spammer made over 202 million spam calls in India this year, according to Truecaller’s Global Spam Report 2021. The year also saw India rise to the 4th spot in spam calls, up from 9th in 2020, owing to a significant increase in sales and telemarketing calls.

The average number of spam calls in India per user per month was 16.8, while the total number of spams received by Truecaller users alone was over 3.8 billion in the month of October.

This year, sales related calls accounted for 93.5 per cent of all incoming spam calls, financial services related spam calls