Florida Hit With 191 Million Spam Calls a Month — But Honestly, We’re Flattered
📱🤳 Florida Hit With 191 Million Spam Calls a Month — But Honestly, We’re Flattered
Because nothing says “paradise” like being endlessly harassed by robots 🌴🤖🙄
Gather ‘round, Sunshine State citizens ☀️😎—and silence your phones (not that it matters). A brand new report from Truecaller has revealed something we already suspected but were too exhausted to confirm: Floridians receive 191 million spam calls and 11 million spam texts every. single. month.
Yes, that’s 191,000,000 times a month someone is urgently trying to sell you an extended car warranty for a car you don’t even own. 🚗💀
But wait. It gets better. They say it’s going to get worse.
Because of course it is. This is Florida. 🌪️🔥📞
🤓📊 The Experts Chime In (With Their Own Voicemail Box Probably Full)
Clayton LiaBraaten from Truecaller—global spam whisperer and senior executive industry expert—explains Florida is basically the Coachella of scam calls, attracting every shady character from “Microsoft Refund Department” to “Your Package Is on Hold.” 🎤👀📦
Why us? Why Florida?
Well… we checked all the boxes:
👵 Large senior population
👋 Large immigrant and ESL population
🎖️ Lots of veterans
📞 Area codes scammers LOVE to spoof
😵💫 General statewide tolerance for nonsense
Translation:
We’re like an all-inclusive resort for scammers. Just bring a burner phone and a bad attitude.
📞💬 “Hi, This Is Definitely Not a Scam” — Everyone, All Day, Always
Meet Beth Shencker, who swears she gets 1,000 calls and texts a day.
Honestly, believable. Relatable. Spiritually accurate. 🙃
She says her shiny new iPhone automatically silences them — which is helpful —
…until she has 47 voicemails, all from numbers starting with 407 and all sounding like someone whispering into a potato. 🥔📞
Beth, we salute you. 🫡
You are every Floridian who’s ever wondered:
“Is this a job offer… or a man in Mumbai selling Medicare add-ons?”
🤬📱 The Mood in Florida Right Now
Here’s the daily routine:
📲 Phone rings
😒 You ignore it
📲 Phone rings again
😤 You block it
📲 Phone rings again from the same number but now with a different last digit
💀 You transcend the mortal realm
Meanwhile, Truecaller is out here assuring us that yes, this onslaught will intensify.
Because apparently the scammers have quarterly goals too. 📈🤡
🏆💥 Florida: #1 in Beaches, Sunshine, and Relentless Digital Harassment
Sure, we have world-class sunsets 🌅
Sure, we have gorgeous beaches 🏖️
Sure, we have iguanas falling out of trees in cold snaps 🦎❄️ (just saying)
But above all:
✨ We have the most determined scam artists on the planet continually pinging our phones. ✨
Honestly?
It’s impressive.
It’s awful.
It’s aggressively Florida.
🙏📵 Final Thoughts
If you live here, here’s your official to-do list:
🔇 Silence unknown callers
🗑️ Delete 80 voicemails a day
👀 Assume all calls are scams
❗ Unless it’s Publix calling… because obviously you answer that one
Stay safe out there, Floridians.
The robots are coming.
Again.
And again.
And again.
📞🤖💔