Financial Loss to Hispanics in the U.S. is the Highest Ever Recorded in Eight Years of Researching Scam and Spam Calls by Truecaller
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Truecaller, the leading global platform for verifying contacts and blocking unwanted communication, announced today the results of its eighth annual Insights U.S. Spam & Scam Report. The research conducted in partnership with The Harris Poll shows that Latinos in the U.S. are seeing financial loss due to spam and scam calls at a disproportionately higher rate than the general population. In the past 12 months, 35% of U.S. Hispanics report having lost money because of phone scams compared to 26% of the general population.
U.S. Hispanics will more often depend on international phone calls from family members living in foreign countries and therefore are more prone to caller-ID confusion when trying to decipher the legitimacy of incoming, unrecognized phone calls. U.S. Hispanics are 7% less likely to ignore an unknown phone number compared to the general population. Similarly, only 59% of Hispanics say they will delete a text from an unknown phone number compared to 62% of the general population. The research shows Hispanics are more likely to engage with unidentified callers and texters, therefore increasing their chances of interacting with scammers. Hispanics are also 38% less likely to register for protective measures against spam calls compared to the general population.
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