Thursday, 25 July 2024

Top 10 scam calls plaguing the UK

In the past six months, there were more than 3.4m searches for phone contract scams on the website Who Called Me - a site that helps you establish the identity of callers by searching suspicious phone numbers.

Data collected by Who Called Me and shared with Which? has revealed the top 10 scam calls searched, with people in London and South East England carrying out the most searches. What are the most-searched types of scam calls? Find out here, plus advice on avoiding phone scams.

Plagued by scam calls

Source: Which? (24 Jul 2024)

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