Spam Phone Calls a Growing Problem Worldwide, Hiya Reports
Chile (57%), Indonesia (56.5%), Argentina (56%) and Hong Kong (56%) had the highest spam call rates among all the countries tracked by Hiya, the company said Thursday. In the U.S., 22.3% of unknown calls were found to be spam, Hiya…
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said. The company identified 6.55 billion instances of phone spam across 39 countries in Q3, or 73 million incidents per day. Generative AI is behind some of the calls, Hiya said: “Voice-cloning technology is being used by scammers to convince victims that a child, grandchild or other loved one is in trouble and needs immediate financial assistance -- or worse, that a ransom needs to be paid for their release.