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RoboKiller, the app that eliminates 99% of spam calls and text messages,
April s robocall decrease is not a surprise, however. Historically, April and May have shown flat or decreasing levels of total spam calls in the U.S. because scammers tend to push IRS & tax season phone scams in February and March ahead of the standard tax deadlines in April.
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NEW YORK, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/
RoboKiller, the app that helps eliminate spam calls and text messages, reveals Americans received a staggering 7.4 billion spam text messages in March - a 37% increase from February 2021. Spam calls were no different, hitting a record 6.3 billion in March 2021 and surpassing October 2020 s previous high of 6.1 billion.
March s record-breaking totals mark a key inflection point in the fight against phone scams. With more Americans now wary of answering phone calls from unknown numbers, recent trends show that scammers are relying more heavily on the use of text messages as their weapon of choice to steal from more Americans over the phone.
Robocall Record: 7 4 Billion Spam Texts Surpass Total Robocalls By More Than 1 Billion Messages In March 2021 prnewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prnewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.