Average Wireless Customers Gets 14 Scam Calls Monthly: Hiya
The average mobile phone user in the U.S. receives 14 spam calls a month, voice security company Hiya said Thursday. “The big takeaway is that one-fourth of all unknown phone calls analyzed by Hiya were unwanted,” the company said. Among…
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top spam calls are Amazon impersonators who “say they suspect an unauthorized purchase, or that the credit card linked to the account needs to be updated,” Hiya reported. Other common scams involve insurance, Medicare and credit card fraud, the company said.