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.
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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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