The user community-based application detects 120000 spam and unwanted calls every day in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria: December 1, 2015: Truecaller announced today that its community has reported 2 million spam callsin Nigeria, with a total of 120000spam and unwanted callsdetectedevery day across the country.Truecaller’s data highlights an issue that is becoming an increasing cause for concern in Nigeriaas spammers become more adept atharassing and taking advantage ofsmartphone users in Nigeria.
“Thousands of smartphone users are the victims of spammers in Nigeriaeveryday,” said Husain Misherghi, VP of Growth and Partnerships for Truecaller. “You can protect yourself with Truecaller by reporting spam and unwanted numbers, and blocking them forever. That information is listed in our database and we report it to Truecaller’s community of users, providing a safe and secure communication experience for all Nigerianswith easy, hassle-free calls.”
Close to4million Nigeriansuse Truecaller from among the global Truecaller community of over 200 million. The innovative app enables users to block unwanted and spam calls they have reported to Truecaller, or receive assistance from the app’s database where spam numbers are listed and marked in red.
To further protect smartphone users from spam, Truecaller has taken its cutting-edge technology to the next level with Truemessenger, an SMS replacement app that tells users who sent an SMS even if they are not in your contacts. Truemessenger does for SMS what Truecaller has done for mobile phone calls – identifies incoming SMS, filters and blocks spam SMS, to keepour users’ inboxes safe and clean.
Truecaller can be downloaded for free on popular platforms includingAndroid,iOS,Windows Phone,BlackBerry,Tizen andNokia feature phones. Truedialer is available for free onAndroid andWindows Phone, and Truemessenger is available for free onAndroid.
Truecaller media kit can be found on their website:http://www.truecaller.com/press
About Truecaller:
Truecaller is a leading search technology company that is transforming the phonebook with a set of intelligent and useful services. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Truecaller was founded in 2009 by Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam, and is available on all Internet-enabled devices and on the web. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Atomico and Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers. For more information, visitwww.truecaller.com
