Spam Calls Are Becoming A Public Trust Crisis

About this episode

The episode discusses the alarming rise of spam calls and their impact on public trust, based on a recent survey by True Caller.

New data from a survey just released by True Caller, entitled The 2026 Phone Fraud and AI Threat Survey puts into perspective just how bothersome these calls are. First of the individuals polled, 75% say they've been targeted by a spam call or a text in the past 12 months. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Simplecast

Topics covered

• spam calls
• public trust crisis
• phone fraud
• AI threat
• survey data

Keywords

• spam calls
• phone fraud
• AI threat
• True Caller
• survey
• public trust
• text messages

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: True Caller, AdsWizz

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