Living in Germany, I never got any - until I had to register with my phone number at an American company (for work). Now I get 3-4 spam calls/messages per week.
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
I went to the USA for three weeks 8 years ago. I had a US prepaid phone with a number never published anywhere except my close family. I got three SPAM calls within these three weeks. Being back in Germany with my 20+ years old number I have received one call since.
And usually those aren’t from within Germany, but some scammers calling with Lithuanian or Moldovan numbers. At least those were the ones I got.
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, I’m getting them off and on. I get scam SMS, WhatsAppor phone calls. Maybe 20-30 a year, but they aren’t spread evenly. There are times I seem to be getting them all the time
It sucks because I know where they get my number. My elderly dad gets hacked and scammed constantly on Facebook. So if he has my number in his contact, I have to suffer as well. There should be some technical protection against that
Netherlands. They’re rare but I do get the ones where they immediately hang up as it starts ringing and then hope you call back so they can charhe you money for it. But number recognition helps because generally I don’t expect to be called from Nigeria or something.
1 or 2 in 40+ years
(France) I’d say I get an average of 5 a week since the end of last year. Before that they were very uncommon.
I’d love to know what shitty company is selling my number to these guys because I pay a fee to my operator to have it unlisted, so it is not publicly available…
France too, I came back a few months ago and after a month.
I had my number for years but suddenly after a month I started receiving a lot of spam. I would love to know who gave away my number too.
At least now at the spam calls have to come from specific numbers so it’s easy to block.
France is weirdly bad for spam calls. Also has the second highest percentage of anti-vaxers after the US
There’s a connection there but I’m not seeing it
Tbh we are the OG anti vaxxers because of that one paper about the link between aluminum adjuvants in vaccines and autism IIRC. But that trend died down in the late 90’s and we imported the new and improved brand of anti vax movements from the US with the COVID…
One every ~5 years (Austria)
From Spain, I get a lot all the time
It seems to be spread across the whole country
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
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.
Swiss: Basically none except for one specific type. Since the mandatory basic insurance is provided by „competing“ private insurers there are companies who call you at the end of the year and try to convince you to swap to a cheaper insurer. Otherwise, maybe 2 in the last 30 years.
they are sadly becoming a bit more common here in Spain
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.
