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.
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.
Finland. Rare, unless you’ve been posting your number everywhere or run a business.
Poland: very rare, 2-4 per year
Damn I get that many in a day at least here in California
Also Poland: 2-3 calls in a day from bots trying to convince to buy photovoltaics, then nothing for a few weeks. It used to be much, much worse.
My phone number is pretty old though, so it has been leaked lots of times probably.
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
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.
From Spain, I get a lot all the time
It seems to be spread across the whole country
Living in Spain, there are quite a few.
The https://www.listarobinson.es/ is supposed to help, and it does to an extend, but sometimes you still get a lot of calls.
Pepephone has an app to protect about it, I’ll give it a try https://www.pepephone.com/pepeescudo
One every ~5 years (Austria)
(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…
I couldn’t find any statistics about the frequency of spam calls in Germany, so I can only share my personal experience. I have never received a single one since having my own number. My parents got more when their number could still be found in the public phone book (yes, that is/was a thing). Friends complain maybe twice a year.
I am not a relevant example though, I am very cautious about giving out my number, usually I only do so when absolutely necessary and I often don’t use services (like dating apps) if they don’t let me without verifying my phone number.
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.
I know OP didn’t ask, but as someone in the US I get at least four calls per day on weekdays. Sometimes ten. Weekends are a little better. But I do have two numbers, the second number is also forwarded to my cell phone. So it’s probably marginally higher because of that.
WTF how do you live like that, I’d get a new number
It doesn’t matter they will quickly find it
They are an exception. Most people get 1 or 2 a week and it comes in waves. I mostly get texts.
I get at least 2 a day, US as well
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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
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.
