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I’ve noticed that spam calls and voicemails have been getting exponentially worse. I used to receive maybe two spam calls a week, things like loan offers, IRS, extended car warranties, and similar scams. That was annoying, but manageable.

Lately, though, it feels like the volume is increasing rapidly. More calls, more voicemails, now multiple in a single day.

Has something changed recently: telecom regulation, call filtering systems, or spammer tactics that might explain this spike?

I just want to get educated. Is there some AI involved?

Comments (9)

MisterTea · 10h ago

A year or two ago I had a spate of scam calls that peaked at 4 to 6 per day for a few weeks then dropped off to one, maybe two per day. Best defense is to turn on do not disturb but allow you contacts to ring. T-mobile tags suspicious numbers as scam likely or spam and Google also introduced a call screener recently. Still get scam calls but at least they are maybe one per day.

PaulHoule · 10h ago

There has been a Cambrian explosion of scams in the last few years

https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-econ...

rolph · 10h ago

along with all the other data that may be snarphed, or phished, consider adding voice profile generation to your threat model, if you do engage at all, modify your dialogue to avoid generating critical voice prompts that will append to the scamburger helper profile.

tencentshill · 10h ago

Your information was recently sold.

tlogan · 10h ago

I doubt - all my information was always 100% public. It is not like “warranty” calls and other crap are new to me.

It is just that volume is increasing.

There is something more going on.

sqwrell · 10h ago

agree

silverquiet · 10h ago

Perhaps elections have consequences.

WhereIsTheTruth · 10h ago

It happens world wide, I wonder if there is any kind of environmental effect, as a result of the insane amount of waves circulating all at once

Weather, sleep?

tlogan · 10h ago

I assume this is AI related: they can automate more. But it could be also they found some loophole.

Apperently in certain regions have 150% increase in scam/spam call volume [1].

[1] https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5357927-robo...

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