The scammers never tire of harassing victims from morning to evening with telephone spam or calls (021136189051). With up to 100 attempts in a very short space of time, the crooks test who has the longer staying power: them or the people they called (06929917782). The second place is even international, because supposed competitions were particularly popular methods in Italy to obtain users' sensitive data (+390240707879).

What is striking is that the majority of spam calls in the past month increasingly came from landlines (76.4 percent). Mobile phones were used for just 23.6 percent of fraud calls. This trend clearly shows that landline calls offer a higher potential for alleged fraud.

Clever Dialer , the spam protection and caller ID app, has once again identified and published the 10 most annoying phone numbers.

The most common spam telephone numbers at a glance (March), descending according to frequency. Source: Clever Dialer
The most common spam telephone numbers in the overview (April), descending according to frequency.
Source: Clever Dialer

The spam phone numbers in April and the comments of those affected:

  • 03025555453 landline from Berlin (competition):
    “Alleged class lottery. The dates matched, but when I asked about final dates they hung up without comment.”
  • +390240707879 Landline from Milan (competition):
    “Another competition request. I hung up straight away and then blocked the number.”
  • 021136189051 landline from Düsseldorf (spam):
    “Penetrant advertising calls. If the attempt is unsuccessful, the call will be made again immediately with the phone number suppressed. The calls have been made up to three times a day for two weeks.”
  • 06929917782 landline from Frankfurt a.
    M. (constant calls): “Totally annoying. They call and all I hear is the caller's breathing. Block the number!”
  • 08948402073 landline from Munich (fraud):
    “The man asked me a question right at the beginning of the conversation: How do I currently find the pharmacy prices? Then I supposedly took out a subscription in February and today they wanted to switch it to a trial subscription for 3 months. Otherwise you would have to continue it as an annual subscription. It’s best to hang up immediately when this number calls!”
  • 01784493212 Mobile (competition):
    “Insulting call. After I hung up, I was called again and insulted again... unbelievable!"
  • 030232556409 Landline from Berlin (competition):
    “Call me every day, it really annoys me.”
  • 021187399110 Landline from Düsseldorf (spam):
    “They keep calling me now. They wanted to sell me additional dental insurance. I told them I can't afford it, but they still keep calling. I blocked it a long time ago.”
  • 03025555450 landline from Berlin (spam):
    “Such calls are unheard of. I have taken out a subscription and should pay a certain amount.”
  • 023344936 landline from Hagen-Hohenlimburg (competition):
    “Scammer! They say I didn’t cancel my competition even though I never took part in any competition.”

Note: The user comments have been edited and the content has not been changed.

You can find all of Clever Dialer’s phone spam checks here .

Additional explanations:

The telephone spam check scale indicates how often a telephone number was reported by those affected (marked in red, descending according to frequency).

Calls: Reported phone number
Cost trap / competition / Other: State the reason for the call.
Calls that cannot be clearly assigned to a category are grouped together under the label “Other”. Blockings: Frequency of blocks made by those affected compared to the total number.
Comment: selected, anonymous feedback on the spam call in question

About Clever Dialer:
Clever Dialer ( www.cleverdialer.app ) wants to give users back control over their calls on their smartphone. The app is used for caller identification and spam protection and makes telephoning transparent and safe for consumers again. In addition, some well-known directory providers, such as Das Örtliche, rely on the intelligent software. Clever Dialer is available for iOS , Android and as a Software Developing Kit (SDK) for business customers.

Clever Dialer was launched in 2014. Since then, the team at validio GmbH & Co. KG around CTO and founder Thomas Wrobel has been working on new functions and expanding the business model.

Source:

Clever dialer

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