The FTC says spam name complaints are method down since 2021

Complaints about undesirable telemarketing calls have dropped for the third straight yr, the Federal Commerce Fee introduced yesterday. Stories of such calls have fallen by over 50 p.c versus 2021, in line with the FTC — a decline that could possibly be thanks in no small half to stepped-up authorities efforts to combat irritating telemarketing and telephone scams.

There have been about 33,000 fewer undesirable name complaints throughout the 2024 fiscal yr versus the yr prior, writes the FTC. The drop affected all types of undesirable calls, though the company writes that studies about debt discount calls had jumped “greater than 85 p.c from final yr.”

FTC Bureau of Client Safety Director Sam Levine mentioned that whereas unlawful calls are nonetheless “a scourge,” he credited “the FTC’s technique to pursue upstream gamers and equip the company to confront rising threats” with the discount in complaints.