Number of scam calls to Australian phones cut by half while text message crypto scams soar

Communications industry peak body and watchdog sees telcos block more than 549m scam calls since inception of code

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Phone scam calls have halved since this time last year, data from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Scamwatch shows, but other investment frauds - including on social media and via text messages - have soared over the same time period.

The Reducing Scam Calls code was introduced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) in December 2020. It has seen telcos block over 549m scam calls since its inception.

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