Complaints about spam in the fourth quarter of 2022: harassing phone calls and spam messages increased year-on-year

Thank CTOnews.com netizens for the clue delivery that they want to laugh at! CTOnews.com March 24 news, the 12321 acceptance Center released an inventory of spam complaints in the fourth quarter of 2022, with the number of harassing phone complaints falling 9.6% month-on-month, up 7.2% from the same period last year.

The main areas complained of making harassment calls were Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanghai. the main contents of harassment calls were loan financial management, insurance promotion, and real estate agents; harassment calls using short numbers accounted for 60.6% of the total, and manual harassment accounted for 85.4% of the total.

The number of junk SMS complaints increased by 34.5% month-on-month, up 19.5% from the same period last year. Beijing, Fujian and Jiangsu are the main areas complained about sending spam messages. The content of SMS mainly includes loan financial management, retail promotion, online games, insurance promotion, education and training, accounting for 85.3% of the total.

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