NEW
YORK, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Robotexts increased by 37% but robocalls dropped by 25% in
December, more proof that scammers believe SMS is the best way to
target consumers, especially around the holidays.
Holiday shopping season is prime time for scammers
As
the year comes to a close, scammers tend to capitalize on timely
trends like delivery messages, which increased by 6% from November.
Spammers like to take advantage of the fact people are expecting
deliveries and trick them into clicking fraudulent links. These
scams may look like they're from well-known delivery companies when
they're really scams.
Robocalls drop to 3 billion
Robocalls hovered
around 5 billion for most of 2023, but in December Robokiller
identified a 25% decrease. Though Robokiller usually sees a
downward trend in December, this is the largest decline to date.
Even so, losses continue to climb. Scammers are using tactics like
bank scams and debt collector scams to steal money.
Coming soon: 2023 year in review
Be on the lookout for
Robokiller's end-of-year phone scam report. Click here and here to
read our previous reports.
December key trends
Top robotexts nationwide:
|
Robotext
Category
|
Estimated
Robotexts
|
|
Delivery (Amazon,
USPS, UPS)
|
1,097,877,669
|
|
Bank
|
246,496,468
|
|
Apple +
hardware
|
118,869,044
|
|
Travel
|
113,708,878
|
Top robotext states per capita:
|
State
|
Estimated
robotexts
|
Estimated robotexts
per person
|
|
Oklahoma
|
424,284,554
|
123
|
|
Washington,
D.C.
|
93,421,487
|
115
|
|
Louisiana
|
410,007,617
|
94
|
|
Mississippi
|
260,786,207
|
90
|
Top robocalls nationwide:
|
Robocall
category
|
Estimated
robocalls
|
|
Debt
Collector
|
83,622,391
|
|
Loan
|
63,887,507
|
|
Medical
|
63,553,017
|
|
Bank
|
48,500,987
|
Top robocall states per capita:
|
State
|
Estimated
robocalls
|
Estimated robocalls
per person
|
|
Texas
|
241,829,134
|
10
|
|
Oklahoma
|
32,976,231
|
10
|
|
South
Carolina
|
37,810,001
|
9
|
|
Georgia
|
78,080,037
|
9
|
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