Truecaller App Prevents Nuisance Calls for Free

Nuisance calls are a rising problem all over the world- and more recently in Sri Lanka.  With the increasing purchases of smartphone devices, more and more people are becoming targets and victims of fraud, prank, and sales calls on their mobile. According to a study by Ovum, the number of mobile connections will increase from 1.6B to 8.2B by 2017, with the Asia-Pacific regions increasing the most – leading to more smartphone users becoming scam call targets.

How to Protect Yourself from Nuisance Calls with the Truecaller App

Scammers and telemarketers today are targeting cell phones, and it is up to society to protect our cell phones with the correct technology. Truecaller is the world’s largest verified mobile phone community, and helps identify and block over 5 million spam calls a day. Truecaller users help each other by marking spam or fraud calls they have identified, so another user can be protected immediately. Each day, members of the Truecaller Community add 75,000 new spam numbers to Truecaller's Top Spammers List to keep it constantly updated. A part from blocking spam callers, Truecaller’s other free features include Caller ID to help identify who’s calling before answering, number lookup for both worldwide mobile and landline numbers, and suggestions for People You May Know.

Truecaller is available for free on Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Symbian s60 and Series 40, and can be downloaded for free from your app store or the Truecaller website.

Source: 1. Ovum ‘The Next Billion: Consumer Services’ (2012)