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Staff Spotlight: Hello, Charlie!

We are thrilled to have yet another Turkish employee gracing Truecaller's international team!

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One Ring Scam: How to Protect Your Cell Phone

There have been recent news of a scam called the 'One Ring Scam.' This is effecting cell phone users primarily in the United States.

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One Ring Scam Protection: 4 Easy Steps

We last wrote about One Ring Scam back in January, and since then, it has become a big problem in North America. For those of you who still have not heard of this scam, be aware of any unknown numbers...

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Best Practices Against Fraud Calls

It is no secret that fraud and spam calls are becoming more frequent problem all around the world. That is why safe guarding your cell phone is just like locking your front door; you decide who to let...

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IRS Call Scam

Just when we thought we could leave scams like the 'One Ring Scam' on the back burner, a new scam seems to be attacking U.S. taxpayers; this time, they are pretending to be the Internal Revenue Service...

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How the Word ‘Spam’ Came To Be

We hear the word spam when referring to mass amount of e-mails pinging our inboxes, advertisement newspapers in our mailboxes, and of course, annoying telemarketing calls plaguing our cell phones. But...

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Mexican Phone Scam Spotted

Residents in Mexico beware, as even jail cells can't keep prisoners from scamming you! In a recent article by Bloomberg, prisoners are smuggling mobile phones into their cells, scanning public phone...

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New FCC Spam Data Helps Tackle Increasing Spam Calls

Spam calls are becoming an increasing problem in the United States, and they are knocking on our cell phone screens. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), unwanted spam calls and...

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How to Stop Nuisance Calls

We want to help your phone act the way it should. You make the calls you want, and you receive the calls you want. Nuisance calls are attacking your mobile phones, and for some people, it is a...

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Research Shows UK Spends 250 Million Hours Listening to Nuisance Calls

We recently conducted an unbelievable survey that gave great insight into how UK residents are being bombarded by the spam trolls.

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How to Identify an IRS Scam

With U.S. tax season knocking on our bank accounts, there is more taxpayers need to pay attention to than just their W2. Tax fraud, specifically the IRS Scam seems to be everywhere in the news this...

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Beware of Apple ID Scam in your SMS Inbox!

The scam plays on your self doubt, and if you don’t look closely, you might be handing over your private credit card details.Below are 2 examples of what one UK resident received on April 17th. The...

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How Truecaller Can Help Avoid the 0845 Scam in U.K

How would you like to be the victim of a money scam whether or not you answer the calls, ignore them, or call the number back? It is certainly possible in this new scam in the U.K. How the scam works:...

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IRS Lawsuit Scam

This scam may not be new to most, but the 'IRS Lawsuit Scam' can definitely be a hard-hitter for those unaware of how telephone scams operate.

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عمليات إحتيال عن طريق الرسائل

تشير بعض التقارير الحديثة إلى إكتشاف عمليات احتيال بإستخدام التكنولوجيا لخداع الناس وتعريضهم للاختطاف. ما هي عملية الاحتيال وكيف تحصل لبعض الأشخاص؟ تستهدف عملية الإحتيال هذه النساء معظماً بالطريقة...

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Truecaller Insights Special Report: An Estimated 22.1M Americans Lost $9.5B...

In our third annual study on the impact of phone scams and spam in the U.S. we today reveal the findings. Scam Victims by Gender in 2017 According to the new study, approximately 1 in every 10 American...

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Varning för Ny Våg av Bluffsamtal

Det senaste dygnet har många personer blivit uppringda från utlandsnummer som börjar på +252 samt +248, Somalias respektive Seychellernas landsnummer. Bland annat har Polisen och mobiloperatören Telia...

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Polisen varnar för ny bank-id-bluff via SMS

Den senaste veckan har vi sett en ökning av bluffsamtal och spam-SMS i Sverige. Polisens bedrägericenter har gått ut med en varning för SMS som utger sig att komma från BankID. I vissa fall startar...

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Truecaller Insights: Bluffsamtalen ökar snabbt – 1 av 10 svenskar drabbade av...

Enligt en ny undersökning som Sifo genomfört på uppdrag av Truecaller uppger 1 av 10 svenskar att de blivit av med pengar i samband med bedrägerisamtal.  Enligt Truecallers egna data för Sverige har...

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Avoid the Open Enrollment Scam for Medicare

Whether you’re eligible for Medicare or not, selecting a plan through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or even have private insurance, December 15th is the deadline to compare plans, make coverage...

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