Everyone thinks spam calls are a nuisance at best and a costly trap at worst. We may have thought that spam calls can happen anywhere, anytime, but this infographic from the team at Ooma shows us that some locations receive way more spam calls than others. They used data from the Federal Communications Commission to determine where the hotbeds of spam calls are occurring and mapped them out.
These are the top ten U.S. cities that received the most spam calls:
- Alexandria, Virginia: 22.84
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 18.75
- Orlando, Florida: 18.52
- Miami, Florida: 17.58
- Atlanta, Georgia: 16.39
- Las Vegas, Nevada: 16.12
- Knoxville, Tennessee: 15.18
- Plano, Texas: 14.91
- Washington, District of Columbia: 14.46
- Columbia, South Carolina: 14.44
Alexandria, Virginia receives way more spam calls than the average city in the U.S. In fact, the city received so many calls that the local police department had to put out warnings about preventing spam calls and scam safety.
There are a few different ways to prevent spam calls. You can register for the national Do Not Call List. It might take a few weeks to take effect, but it should limit the number of incoming spam calls. Your phone may also have built in features that block spam calls and unknown numbers.
Look over the map to discover the spam call hot spots. Maybe you’ll come up with some theories on why these areas are targeted!
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