Americans Are Ignoring Scam Calls, But Phishing Emails Still Fool Many
Americans are becoming more effective at avoiding spam calls and texts, but new research suggests that the strategy comes with an unexpected cost.
A new survey of 1,000 Americans from privacy company Cloaked, revealed that two-thirds of respondents have missed an important phone call because they ignored an unknown number. One in three have missed a call from a doctor, hospital, or healthcare provider, while others report missing calls from employers, pharmacies, financial institutions, government agencies, and even family emergencies.
The findings come at a time when cybercrime losses have hit a new all-time high. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), losses recorded in 2025 stood at $20.9 billion. This was the first time that annual losses crossed the $20 billion mark. More than a million complaints were registered that year, averaging about 3,000 per day.
Americans simply don’t answer unknown numbers anymore
The survey shows...
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