Living in Germany, I never got any - until I had to register with my phone number at an American company (for work). Now I get 3-4 spam calls/messages per week.
Living in Germany, I get rarely get any. Usually about 1-2 per year. Last year was an exception, where the same entity (computer or very confused person) called me like 5 times before I blocked the number.
I gave out my number a lot in groups, but avoid giving it to online or delivery services.
(France) I’d say I get an average of 5 a week since the end of last year. Before that they were very uncommon.
I’d love to know what shitty company is selling my number to these guys because I pay a fee to my operator to have it unlisted, so it is not publicly available…
France too, I came back a few months ago and after a month.
I had my number for years but suddenly after a month I started receiving a lot of spam. I would love to know who gave away my number too.
At least now at the spam calls have to come from specific numbers so it’s easy to block.
France is weirdly bad for spam calls. Also has the second highest percentage of anti-vaxers after the US
There’s a connection there but I’m not seeing it
Tbh we are the OG anti vaxxers because of that one paper about the link between aluminum adjuvants in vaccines and autism IIRC. But that trend died down in the late 90’s and we imported the new and improved brand of anti vax movements from the US with the COVID…
I went to the USA for three weeks 8 years ago. I had a US prepaid phone with a number never published anywhere except my close family. I got three SPAM calls within these three weeks. Being back in Germany with my 20+ years old number I have received one call since.
And usually those aren’t from within Germany, but some scammers calling with Lithuanian or Moldovan numbers. At least those were the ones I got.
1 or 2 in 40+ years
UK here - 1 or 2 a week on my home phone which we never use and not many people have the number anyway. I have BT’s ‘Call Protect’ which is supposed to let you block nuisance calls but it’s such a pain to use - takes too many clicks and menu changes. On Android I just select last number and block.
Hardly any spam calls on mobile as built in software (forget the name) on my S23 automatically warns me of possible spam or blocks them completely.Much better than it was 10 years ago - that was a nightmare.
I know OP didn’t ask, but as someone in the US I get at least four calls per day on weekdays. Sometimes ten. Weekends are a little better. But I do have two numbers, the second number is also forwarded to my cell phone. So it’s probably marginally higher because of that.
WTF how do you live like that, I’d get a new number
It doesn’t matter they will quickly find it
They are an exception. Most people get 1 or 2 a week and it comes in waves. I mostly get texts.
I get at least 2 a day, US as well
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Haha i moved from Canada to Germany. In Canada i would get at least 3 a week, in Germany I don’t think i’ve gotten one yet in the two years i’ve been here
The US has a national Do Not Call registry… you sign up online. It takes ~2 minutes to register and 30 days to take effect IIRC. Registering took my spam calls from several times a day down to several per year. The only ones I get now are political and people looking for the previous owner.
Edit: if you want to be proactive or vindictive you can report unwanted callers (or anyone using a robodialer) to the FTC.
Denmark and I have never experienced it, but I have meet people who have
Had some a few years ago. Reported them to the network agencies, and was informed a few days later that they have been shut down and fined.
Netherlands, I’m getting them off and on. I get scam SMS, WhatsAppor phone calls. Maybe 20-30 a year, but they aren’t spread evenly. There are times I seem to be getting them all the time
It sucks because I know where they get my number. My elderly dad gets hacked and scammed constantly on Facebook. So if he has my number in his contact, I have to suffer as well. There should be some technical protection against that
Netherlands. They’re rare but I do get the ones where they immediately hang up as it starts ringing and then hope you call back so they can charhe you money for it. But number recognition helps because generally I don’t expect to be called from Nigeria or something.
From Spain, I get a lot all the time
It seems to be spread across the whole country
Swiss: Basically none except for one specific type. Since the mandatory basic insurance is provided by „competing“ private insurers there are companies who call you at the end of the year and try to convince you to swap to a cheaper insurer. Otherwise, maybe 2 in the last 30 years.
