SA among the most spammed and scammed in the world
South Africa is one of the most spam-plagued nations on earth.
A new study revealed some of the most spammed and scanned countries on earth - and South Africa made the list.
Ethiopians receive the most spam SMSs in the world, with an average of 119 every month. South Africans' receive an average of 114 spam SMSs- an average of four spam SMSs a day - which puts the country in second place.
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This is according to Truecaller, which said it helped identify 8.6-billion spam SMSs globally in 2019.
Globally, spam calls from telephone company operators are still the biggest spammers in the world.
In SA, spam calls also come from insurance, financial services and telemarketing companies, as well as individual scammers.
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