The Scourge continues to grow overall, some countries actually saw a slight decline including the US.
Spam Call grew by 300 percent worldwide this year, According to the report from Truecaller, a caller ID service.
The United States fell fro the 2nd most spammed country to the 8th in one year, according to the Truecaller.
Truecaller users received about 17 calls per month, down from 21 in 2017. The bulk of calls purported to be about insurance or debt collection.
While no reason was given for the drop, authorities have increasingly tried to crack down on illegal callers.
The Federal Trade Commission has brought several lawsuits, while the Federal Communication Commission has considered various regulations to deal with the issue and in one case slapped an egregious robocaller with an $82 million fine
The issue continues to escalate elsewhere Brazil was found to be the most spammed country in 2018, with the average Truecaller user getting over 37 spam calls a month.
India which was the most spammed country in 2017, has dropped down to second place, with a decrease of 1.5 percent.
Since Truecaller doesn't count data outside of its customer base, its result and rankings have to be taken with a "grain of salt."
Truecaller says, that in total, its user received 17.7 billion spam calls between January and October.
