The strange call identification software Whoscall has cumulatively identifi more than 6.5 billion strange calls and text messages in the past year (109), and releas the “Whoscall 2020 Annual Report” today (2), analyzing global fraud observations and industry insights under the epidemic from 360 degrees . In addition, Whoscall compil the “Strange Call Query and Identification Ranking” for the first time bas on the number of user queries in the number database, announcing fraud hotspot time periods and characteristics, emerging number categories, marketing call comparisons and other indicators, allowing you to grasp annual insights at one hand!
Annual Strange Call Inquiry and Identification Statistics
The number of global scams hits an Cambodia Phone Number List annual high, and text message scams are falling prey to all countries
Since March last year, the rapid spread of the global epidemic has caus an outbreak of panic, giving fraud groups an opportunity to take advantage. Although the epidemic prevention results of various countries are different, no one is immune to the threat of fraud incidents. According to statistics from Whoscall, more than 280 million fraudulent calls and text messages have been block in 2020, an increase of 190% compar with 2019, and a record high in history. Fraud accounts for 80% of growth.
According to Whoscall analysis,
A fraudulent text messages have low cost Cambodia Phone Number List and high arrival rate, and have become a common method us by fraud groups in a short period of time. Such fraudulent text messages often contain high-risk links. If people accidentally click on the links, they may be connect to fake webpages that imitate social platforms and banking institutions, tricking people into entering personal information such as their account numbers and passwords. In addition, mobile phones may also be directly attack by Trojan viruses, making people’s mobile phones a tool for spreading fraudulent text messages.
In the face of ever-changing forms of fraud, Gogolook CEO Guo Jianfu explain: “The development team has deploy and develop SMS identification technology in advance three years ago, and has begun to apply it in some systems to provide services such as high-risk website identification and warning notifications.
