{"id":287171,"date":"2021-06-29T22:08:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/americans-lost-29-8b-to-phone-scams-over-past-year\/"},"modified":"2021-06-29T22:08:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:08:48","slug":"americans-lost-29-8b-to-phone-scams-over-past-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/americans-lost-29-8b-to-phone-scams-over-past-year\/","title":{"rendered":"#Americans lost $29.8B to phone scams over past year"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Americans lost $29.8B to phone scams over past year<\/strong>”
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Americans lost a record $29.8 billion to phone scams over the past 12 months, nearly threefold the estimated loss in 2019, according to a new report. <\/p>\n

Nearly one in four Americans reported losing money to a phone scam over the past year, the survey published by Truecaller said<\/a>, while the size of each victim\u2019s loss rose to $502 on average, up from about $350 a year prior. <\/p>\n

The online survey was undertaken in partnership with The Harris Poll in March 2021, Truecaller said. It included more than 2,000 people in the US 18 and older. <\/p>\n

The results show the degree to which the COVID-19 pandemic and related work-from-home policies have made Americans more vulnerable to virtual grifters. <\/p>\n

The Federal Communications Commission and other government agencies have previously warned <\/a>about how criminals are taking advantage of Americans\u2019 shift to online communication during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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The survey found\u00a0that younger Americans were actually more likely to lose money in a phone scam, with men between the ages of 35 and 44 proving most likely. <\/p>\n

Across generations, almost 60 percent of men reported being scammed compared with just 38 percent of women, according to the report.<\/p>\n

And Truecaller found that scams are increasingly happ<\/a>ening on mobile phones instead of landlines.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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