2023 phone spam on U.S. carrier networks

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Estimated robocalls on
carrier networks

43,315,317

Estimated robocalls on U.S. carrier, VOIP, and PTSN networks during April 2023

58%

Of those calls were from spoofed caller IDs

Estimated robotexts on
carrier networks

473,561,785

Estimated robotexts on U.S. carrier, VOIP, and PTSN networks during April 2023

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Top brands most often mentioned by scammers

Brand imposter scams — scams in which callers impersonate brand representatives in order to steal from people — are on the rise. Large enterprise organizations with strong brand recognition are particularly vulnerable to these scams, which can affect consumer trust.

Robokiller Enterprise tracks which brands are most often referenced in calls and texts to gauge the impact of these scams. Here are our findings.

Robocalls featuring brand keywords, April 2023
Brand Estimated calls referencing brand Estimated consumer losses
Xfinity 22,251,660 $21,444,440,102
Amazon 19,048,787 $12,549,715,352
Spectrum 10,320,627 $9,774,561,230
Google 10,160,057 $10,092,230,514
Apple 8,397,037 $8,534,673,672
Robotexts featuring brand keywords, April 2023
Brand Estimated texts referencing brand Estimated consumer losses
Walmart 335,299,447 $17,473,741,000
Amazon 261,736,369 $34,005,000,000
Microsoft 153,566,554 $1,034,839,000
CVS 137,993,852 $13,741,954,000
Google 124,021,164 $8,018,346,000
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Enterprise impact

1B+

Lifetime calls blocked

$600M+

Lifetime consumer losses prevented to spam calls

1.9B+

Lifetime SMS analyzed

$43M+

Lifetime consumer losses prevented to spam texts

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Calls chart data

Month labels

05/2022, 06/2022, 07/2022, 08/2022, 09/2022, 10/2022, 11/2022, 12/2022, 01/2023, 02/2023, 03/2023, 04/2023

Robocalls per month [M]

247, 281, 220, 209, 212, 188, 160, 124, 159, 104, 167

Spoofed calls rate [%]

89, 90, 82, 69, 72, 77, 76, 77, 77, 75, 66

Spam texts chart data

Month labels

05/2022, 06/2022, 07/2022, 08/2022, 09/2022, 10/2022, 11/2022, 12/2022, 01/2023, 02/2023, 03/2023, 04/2023

Spam texts per month [M]

393, 380, 402, 431, 655, 672, 1404, 1848, 381, 433, 559, 473