Complaints about unwanted telemarketing calls have dropped for the third straight year, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday. Reports of such calls have fallen by over 50 percent versus 2021,

The number of reports by people in the United States getting unwanted calls dropped for the third straight year, according to data released Friday by the Federal Trade Commission.

Some of the spam complaints were regarding live callers, but the majority were so-called robocalls. In fiscal year 2024, which ended Sept. 30, the FTC received 1.1 million complaints about robocalls, down from 1.2 million in 2023, and over 3.4 million in 2021.

Overall spam calls might be down in 2024, but unwanted calls offering debt consolidation services are more common than ever.