spam calls

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Truecaller's plan to tackle spam calls in SA

    Truecaller's plan to tackle spam calls in SA Truecaller is positioning itself as a shield for South Africans against spam calls, which the call-screening app has observed surging in the country in early 2026. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Truecaller's director for market development Mmathebe...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    How Truecaller can balance business rights and protect people against spammers

    How Truecaller can balance business rights and protect people against spammers Call screening apps that allow companies to pay for "whitelisting" are benefiting the wealthiest and most aggressive marketers, not those with legitimate rights to contact customers. That is according to Coega...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • andile april call screening coega development corporation information regulator popia privacy scammers spam calls spammers truecaller
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Jan

    Truecaller working on WhatsApp integration

    Truecaller coming to WhatsApp Truecaller will soon integrate its caller identification service into WhatsApp and other messaging apps to help users spot spam calls on such platforms, Reuters reports. While the feature is still in a beta testing phase, Truecaller CEO Alan Mamedi said it would...
    • Jan
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    • alan mamedi facebook meta platforms spam calls truecaller whatsapp
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Why Popia's promise appears to fall flat

    Why Popia's promise appears to fall flat While the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia) has been in effect for nearly two years, it has seemingly done little to curb the scourge of telemarketing or SMS spam. After coming into effect on 1 June 2021, Popia imposed numerous strict...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
    • Thread
    • ahmore burger-smidt information regulator karl blom protection of personal information act (popia) spam calls telemarketing webber wentzel werksmans
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. J

    Big increase in spam calls in South Africa

    Big increase in spam calls in South Africa South Africa has seen a big increase in spam calls since the lockdown regulations started to ease and commerce returned in the country. Last year, South Africa was ranked as having the sixth-highest spam call rate in the world with an average of 25.2...
  7. wni5378

    How do I find a spam caller's origination or details?

    On the 29th of January 2020, I received a call from +442035196771 offering me off-shore investment. I politely declined and hung up. Less than five minutes later they called again trying to push their product on me. I blocked the number. Every day since then, I have had a minimum of two to...
  8. J

    What to do when you keep getting unwanted phone calls

    What to do when you keep getting unwanted phone calls Spam calls, whether they are from legitimate companies or scammers, have become an occupational hazard of owning a cellphone. Unsolicited phone calls are on the rise around the world and are especially common in large developing markets...
  9. S

    Receiving SPAM calls from numbers associated with an ISP which is unwilling to help.

    Hi everyone, I am receiving spam calls with the same robot message, like 6-8 calls per day. These calls are from VoIP numbers, and I was able to track down the ISP responsible for the numbers associated with these calls. After requesting assistance from the ISP, I am sure they blocked my...
  10. G

    Is voice spam the beginning of the end of the voice call business?

    Voice spam is affecting my business and productivity to the extent that I have now started a habit of referring my clients to WhatsApp calls or Skype calls. I am now even going further and telling them from 2019 I can no longer take voice calls on my cellphone. They need to call the office. The...
  11. A

    Private Number calls persistently and just hangs up when I answer.

    Over the last few months I've been getting calls from a private number. When I've tried to answer to politely decline whatever is being offered in hopes that the calls will stop, it's completely silent and the caller hangs up within a few seconds. Does anyone know how I can put an end to...
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