T-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam calls in 2021
T-Mobile announced that scam call traffic more than doubled by 2021 with an effort on an average of 425 million calls every week, computer bleeping reported. It was said to also block more than 21 billion of those who called T-Mobile customers until December 2021 (more than 700 calls per second) through the SCAM SHIELD service.
More than half of 21 billion calls related to fake vehicle warranty fraud, while others disguised themselves as employees of social security, wireless providers, car insurance companies and package delivery. Scammers’ preferred locations are Texas, Florida, Arizona and Georgia, with the most targeted area code to become the Dallas / Fort Worth area.
T-Mobile launched a scam shield service last year, promising protection for all users regardless of their plans. You can choose to rotate the screen as “Possible Scam” when incoming calls, or block them at all using various methods, as T-Mobile details on their blog posts.
AT & T and Verizon also released statistics for scam calls, with AT & T said the Activermor service has blocked more than 16 billion suspicious calls since 2016. Verizon, meanwhile, revealed that around 78 million customers were protected from 13 billion unwanted calls by Verizon call filter. serve.