Do You Know Who's Calling Mom & Dad? Scammers Target Seniors with 4x as Many Landline Calls - joinimp.com Study Shows
ETNA, N.H., April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Have you ever thought that bad guys seem to target the older, more vulnerable population with the scams? It turns out you were right.
- In their latest landline study, joinimp.com reveals that Americans aged 65+ receive almost 200 unwanted landline calls every week.
- Additional Data from imp's Landline Study on Seniors:
Seniors receive twice as many WANTED calls as the typical landline owner. - Seniors receive, on average, 14 wanted calls a week, while a typical landline only gets 6 or 7 wanted calls each week.
- Bad guys calling seniors hide their Caller ID information more frequently than when they call a typical landline.