Truecaller has announced Live Caller ID that helps protect iOS users from telemarketing and scam calls. With the integration of live Caller ID in the Truecaller app for iOS, iPhone owners now have the ability to verify incoming calls in real time, allowing them to safeguard their phones against robocalls and one-rings scams which threaten millions of people around the world every day. It is the first company to overcome the existing iOS platform limitation and enables Apple users to identify unknown callers.
"Millions of iPhone users everyday fall victim to scams and take calls from telemarketers because the iOS platform does not currently allow you to ID calls over its network. We developed our solution specifically with these users in mind, and this is just the latest in a series of innovations we are building to help consumers outsmart spammers and stay protected against new threats like one ring scams, which can escalate quickly to a charge of $20 or more if you call back an unknown number,” says Truecaller CEO & Co-Founder, Alan Mamedi.
Truecaller’s free app lets users take a quick screenshot of the incoming call and then immediately checks the number against Truecaller’s directory. When an unknown number calls, users can easily find out who the caller is, and if it has already been marked as spam by the community. Any member can report a spam call to enhance the service, and after successive reports within a defined period, that number will be permanently in the top spam list. Upon downloading the app, there is the option to automatically block all of the numbers on Truecaller’s top spammers list. The service also recently debuted in the U.S. with a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital, and a global partnership with Yelp to help Truecaller users ID millions of people and businesses calling their phone.
Truecaller is available for free on the world’s most popular platforms, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Symbian.
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