Friday, April 18, 2025
26 C
Lagos

Nigeria in Top 20 Countries Affected By Spam Calls, SMS Globally

Once again, Nigeria is one of the top 20 countries affected by spam calls and SMS globally, a recent report by Truecaller has revealed.

According to the study, the average Truecaller user in Nigeria receives 8.4 spam calls per month, which is 20% higher than last year.

This year, Brazil topped the list, with the average Truecaller user receiving 45.6 spam calls monthly.  Brazil is followed by Peru and Indonesia at 30.9 and 27.9 spam calls respectively.  This report had countries in North and South America dominating the list.  They were: Mexico, Chile, USA, Colombia and Canada.

The other continent which featured prominently was Asia, parading countries like Indonesia, India, UAE, Sri Lanka, Israel, Lebanon and Malaysia.

Besides Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt were the other African countries affected by spam calls, with the latter having the least record of spam calls in 2019.

For spam SMS, Nigeria ranked 7th among the top 20 countries affected.  The average Truecaller user in Nigeria received 65 spam SMS per month.  However, Ethiopia came tops with the average Truecaller user receiving 119 spam SMS per month, followed by South Africa with 114 and Kenya with 102 spam SMS monthly.

In all, nine countries in Africa and nine countries in Asia dominated the list of recipients of spam SMS.  Brazil and Colombia were the only American countries on the list.

Truecaller users in Ghana received the least number of spam SMS.

Of the spam calls and SMS received monthly by Truecaller users in Nigeria, 12% were scams.  Calls and messages from operators made up 85% and telemarketing accounted for only 3% of spam calls and SMS.

Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates (UAE and Egypt had the bulk of spams from operators with such calls and SMS totaling 81%, 84% and 74% respectively.

In Malaysia, Australia and Lebanon, scams accounted for 63%, 60% and 49% of spammers, while Israel had the most spam from political calls.

In South Africa, majority of the spammers came from scam calls and SMS, totaling 39%.

Truecaller Insights Report 2019 was aggregated anonymously from incoming calls that either were marked as spam by users – or automatically been flagged by Truecaller during the period of January 1st, 2019 to October 30th, 2019 to understand the monthly average spam rate.

As a go-to app for caller ID and spam blocking, Truecaller application has been installed over 500 million times and records over 150 million daily active users around the world.

About Truecaller

People use Truecaller to stay ahead. It helps them know who’s getting in touch, filter out unwanted and focus on what really matters. The company provides a suite of unique services such as a dialer that offers caller ID, spam detection, messaging and more.

Truecaller’s mission is to build trust everywhere by making communication safe and efficient. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the company was founded in 2009 by Alan Mamedi and NamiZarringhalam. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Atomico and Kleiner Perkins.

spot_img
spot_img
spot_img

Hot this week

NGX Group Holds 64th AGM, Reaffirms Commitment to Sustainable Value for Stakeholders

The Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) held its...

Leadway Assurance Partners AGRA on ‘Pay at Harvest’ Crop Insurance Scheme

In a significant step towards deepening agricultural resilience across...

Stanbic IBTC Bank Unveils “There Is More” Campaign: A Rallying Call for CEOs across Nigeria

Stanbic IBTC Bank ignites a nationwide conversation with the...

IPI Nigeria Appoints Idris, Garba Shehu, Egbemode, Ohwahwa, 25 Others to Committees

The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria has announced the...

NCC Committed to Fairness on Unclaimed Recharges

Distinguished guests, esteemed industry stakeholders, ladies and gentlemen, It...

Topics

Lufthansa Group, Air China in Strategic Partnership

Lufthansa Group and Air China signed a partnership agreement...

FUG Pensions Partners Down Syndrome Foundation On CSR

The Future Unity Glanvills (FUG) Pensions Limited, one of...

‘Enhanced Pension for Programmed Withdrawal Retirees Leaves Life Annuity Retirees in Limbo’

  By Dr. Pius Apere (PhD/FCII) (Actuarial Scientist and Chartered Insurer) Chairman/CEO Achor Actuarial...

Pension Industry Paid N271bn to Retirees in 2014

Operators in the pension industry paid out total of N271.15 billion as lump sum to retirees in 2014 under the new Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and an average monthly pension of N3.84 billion. In addition, another sum of N62.20 billion was paid as premium to insurance companies to provide life annuity for 14, 784 retirees. Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, Director-General, National Pension Commission (PenCom) told Business Journal in an Executive Chat that a total of 115,529 workers had retired as at 31 December, 2014 with 87.20 percent (100,745) of the retirees on Programmed Withdrawal, while the remaining 12.80 percent (14,784 retirees) were on Life Annuity.

Standard Chartered Bank Commits $75bn Towards SDGs

Standard Chartered Bank has announced new business targets for...

EVENT GALLERY

The events that happened recently.

NPA MD Seeks Greater Support from Stakeholders on Port Access

Hadiza Bala Usman, Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)...

Swiss Re Forecasts Positive Outlook for Insurance Renewals

Mr. O. S. Thomas Commissioner for Insurance National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) Following...
spot_img

Related Articles

Popular Categories

spot_imgspot_img