NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Orion, a leading provider of branded communication and protection solutions for businesses and carriers, today releases its 2022 Mid-Year Phone Scam Report revealing the latest scam activity, most spoofed entities and heaviest hit regions in the U.S. Scam calls continue to be a universal issue affecting consumers, phone carriers and businesses despite continuous intervention at the federal level to curb the flood of illegally spoofed robocalls.
Based on measured proprietary scam call data, First Orion estimates U.S. mobile subscribers received over 100 billion scam calls during the first six months of 2022. This projects to over 80 million successful scam attempts resulting in cumulative financial losses as high as $40 billion.
The report lists vehicle warranty, healthcare and Social Security as the top three most common phone call scams. The top three emerging scams in 2022 are life insurance, financial assistance and home warranty. Apart from scam types, the data also indicates that consumers in Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio and Michigan received scam calls at a higher rate than in other states.
First Orion also identifies insurance, government, warranty, healthcare and financial services as the top five entities scammers spoofed the most in 2022.
The telecommunications company also surveyed more than 2,000 mobile subscribers about their experiences with scam calls during the first half of the year.
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