Living in Germany, I get rarely get any. Usually about 1-2 per year. Last year was an exception, where the same entity (computer or very confused person) called me like 5 times before I blocked the number.
I gave out my number a lot in groups, but avoid giving it to online or delivery services.
Netherlands, haven’t had one in years, would say perhaps one in about 8 years?
I do make sure to share my contact details only with people I want to share them with
My 20-year-old Microsoft e-mail address though? That gets spam on a daily basis since the Twitter breach
From Spain, I get a lot all the time
It seems to be spread across the whole country
Very rare.
I always reject any marketing spam when signing.Finland. Rare, unless you’ve been posting your number everywhere or run a business.
Living in Spain, there are quite a few.
The https://www.listarobinson.es/ is supposed to help, and it does to an extend, but sometimes you still get a lot of calls.
Pepephone has an app to protect about it, I’ll give it a try https://www.pepephone.com/pepeescudo
1 or 2 in 40+ years
Finland here. Havent had one in 10 years or so?
But I do agressively forbid sharing my contact info through governmental blocks on sharing them/forbiding the sharing when I start using new services. Also I’m not in business as employer or as a freelancer.
Living in the Netherlands: none as far as I can remember.
EDIT: spelling
There are some scam calls to be fair, but it’s really rare. Also you hear about these spoofing WhatsApps and stuff where they pretend to be your relative.
I couldn’t find any statistics about the frequency of spam calls in Germany, so I can only share my personal experience. I have never received a single one since having my own number. My parents got more when their number could still be found in the public phone book (yes, that is/was a thing). Friends complain maybe twice a year.
I am not a relevant example though, I am very cautious about giving out my number, usually I only do so when absolutely necessary and I often don’t use services (like dating apps) if they don’t let me without verifying my phone number.
Haha i moved from Canada to Germany. In Canada i would get at least 3 a week, in Germany I don’t think i’ve gotten one yet in the two years i’ve been here
In Croatia, let’s say one attempt a month. I’m calling it an attempt since I let Android block them automatically.
A spam call getting through the filter happens maybe once a year.
But they never call again after I have my fun with them :D Delisting your number in the public phonebook helps.
How do you block them automatically?
Look for something like “caller ID and spam” in the settings of your phone dialer app. I’m not sure if it’s only available in newer Android versions, or only for Pixel phones.
I’m on a relatively new Xiaomi phone.
I never got any for many years, but getting 5 to 10 every day since January when I switched gas company and as always denied every use of my number for marketing purposes. I live in Italy.
In Greece and I only got 2 in 6 months in mobile. On our home phone, we used to get 2-3 calls per week, now we don’t anymore.
When I was in Canada, I used to get daily spam and scam phone calls on my mobile, it was so annoying.
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