CallSlayer research
Recurring original analysis of complaint activity, reported numbers, calling infrastructure, and the patterns that help explain what consumers are experiencing.
Continuously updated
National robocall totals, year-over-year movement, anonymous lookup trends, complaint rankings, campaign connections, and infrastructure patterns drawn from 301,433 reported numbers.
Data through August 1, 2026
Consumer guides and investigations
One common explanation is a predictive dialer. Call centers use these systems to place multiple calls and estimate when an agent will become available. If more people answer than the system predicted, there may be no agent ready. The result can be silence, a delay, or an abandoned call.
Putting your number on the National Do Not Call Registry is worthwhile, but it does not create a wall around your phone. The Registry is a legal compliance system for covered telemarketers. It is not a network-level filter, and criminals who already ignore fraud and caller-ID laws may also ignore the Registry.
Blocking a spam number removes one displayed number from your phone. It does not stop the campaign behind that number—and with spoofing and cheap internet calling, the number on your screen may be disposable or completely unrelated to the real caller.
There is no robocall-blocking app that solves the real problem: robocallers can spoof or rotate numbers and keep the campaign alive. Most blocking tools judge the number on the screen. They do not show you who is behind the call, connect related attempts, build leverage, or hold the operation accountable.
A practical guide to using AI-assisted messaging carefully, recognizing the limits of AI-polished texts, and verifying any message that asks for money, credentials, codes, or urgent action.
Automated robocall evidence collection turns repeat spam calls into organized records with transcripts, call details, and documented patterns for action.
A practical guide to recognizing and safely verifying scam texts and calls that exploit power outages, restoration delays, account shutdown threats, and emergency repair offers.
A practical field guide to acting on a possible AMBER Alert immediately while independently checking suspicious links, payment requests, copied agency names, and ordinary text messages.
An evidence-led guide to separating immediate weather warnings from post-storm impersonation, disaster-aid, insurance, utility, shelter, and contractor messages.
An evidence-first field guide to separating the name in a political fundraising text from the committee, platform, link trail, and sender actually behind the appeal.
A practical investigation guide for distinguishing charities, political committees, crowdfunding campaigns, and commercial fundraisers before money changes hands.
An evidence-led guide to dissecting delivery texts, checking the real order, reading deceptive domains, and responding safely if information was entered.
A detailed toll-smishing investigation guide covering message scripts, domain impersonation, agency verification, evidence preservation, and recovery after payment.
An account-takeover field guide that traces fake alerts from the first panic trigger through callbacks, verification-code theft, payment pressure, and recovery.
Monthly baseline
A sourced overview of recent complaint volume, originating-number activity, advertiser mentions, interpretation limits, and CallSlayer’s publication methodology.
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Monthly FTC and FCC volumes, changes in reported categories, and shifts across reporting windows.
Frequently reported numbers, CallSlayer observations, carrier and VoIP patterns, and changing risk signals.
State, region, and area-code patterns where the underlying data supports a useful comparison.
Shared scripts, websites, callback numbers, business clues, and infrastructure that connect related activity.
Demand first · filing last
A free, product-optional guide to preserving evidence, finding the business behind a solicitation when possible, sending a documented resolution demand, and treating court as a final escalation.
Publication standard
Every report shows its source dates, methodology, and interpretation limits. Complaint reports are signals—not findings—and overlapping source categories are identified rather than silently combined.