It’s WILD How Many Robocalls KY Gets Every Year

One reason I'm glad the election is over is the huge drop-off in random texts from candidates' surrogates. But alas, it IS 2024, and there will always be someone else to replace them. If you're making a list of things that define the 2020s--every decade has them--robocalls should be on it.

The uptick in such exchanges is mind-boggling since the decade began, and it doesn't look like it will get any better. Well, the FCC spells it out, alarmingly, right here:

U.S. consumers receive approximately 4 billion robocalls per month, according to private analyses. Unfortunately, advancements in technology make it cheap and easy to make massive numbers of robocalls and to "spoof" caller ID information to hide a caller's true identity.

There you go. "Advancements in technology."

A Staggering Number of Robocalls Yearly in Kentucky

See? You don't even have to be a Neil DeGrasse-Tyson-level genius to learn how to scam people out of who KNOWS what. Technology might be intimidating to some, but it's red meat for others and, boy, do they ever sink their teeth into it.

Did you know that Kentuckians, on average, receive a mind-boggling 143 spam calls per MONTH? Did you also know that that figure merely puts Kentucky at #22 among all 50 states? Yes, there are 21 states who have it worse. Here in the Commonwealth, that figure added up to a whopping 644,978,100 in 2023.

Alarming Robocall Statistics

Whistle Out informs us that, since 2021, there has been a 7% increase year over year, with three billion more expected in 2024. I mean, here's where we are already:

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Interestingly, it is NOT the elderly, but millennials, who are the most frequently susceptible to spam calls. In fact, it's the Boomer generation that is LEAST likely to give out personal info like name, email, birthdate, or worse (social security numbers) over the phone.

I have blocked unfamiliar numbers. Most of them will not leave a message, and that's a tell-tale sign if ever there was one. But I can always listen to my messages if they leave one.

Bookmark that Whistle Out page like I did, and, for heaven's sake, stop giving out personal information to strangers on the phone. If they want to know your favorite color, they can look it up.