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Researches done in the country have reported the amount of average spam calls a person receives per month has increased the last years. The reports of fraudulent calls to the | Researches done in the country have reported the amount of average spam calls a person receives per month has increased the last years. The quantity of reports of fraudulent calls to the police also have increased. | ||
According to a research of the national Investigation Police (PDI), during 2024, the total amount of reports of fraudulent was 4,533. This quantity was 19% higher than the amunts of reports that were done in 2023. <ref>{{Cite web |author=SUBTEL |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=Desde este miércoles las llamadas comerciales y masivas deberán llevar los prefijos 600 y 809 para su identificación |trans-title=Starting this wednesday, commercial and massive calls must have 600 and 809 prefixes in order to be identified |url=https://www.subtel.gob.cl/desde-este-miercoles-las-llamadas-comerciales-y-masivas-deberan-llevar-los-prefijos-600-y-809-para-su-identificacion/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Feb 2026 |website=SUBTEL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |publisher=CNN Chile |date=5 Feb 2025 |title=Estafas telefónicas van al alza: Denuncias aumentaron un 19% durante 2024 |trans-title=Phone scams are in rise: Reports were increased by 19% during 2024 |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/estafas-telefonicas-van-al-alza-denuncias-aumentaron-un-19-durante-2024_20250205/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Feb 2026 |website=CNN Chile}}</ref> | According to a research of the national Investigation Police (PDI), during 2024, the total amount of reports of fraudulent was 4,533. This quantity was 19% higher than the amunts of reports that were done in 2023. <ref>{{Cite web |author=SUBTEL |date=12 Aug 2025 |title=Desde este miércoles las llamadas comerciales y masivas deberán llevar los prefijos 600 y 809 para su identificación |trans-title=Starting this wednesday, commercial and massive calls must have 600 and 809 prefixes in order to be identified |url=https://www.subtel.gob.cl/desde-este-miercoles-las-llamadas-comerciales-y-masivas-deberan-llevar-los-prefijos-600-y-809-para-su-identificacion/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Feb 2026 |website=SUBTEL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |publisher=CNN Chile |date=5 Feb 2025 |title=Estafas telefónicas van al alza: Denuncias aumentaron un 19% durante 2024 |trans-title=Phone scams are in rise: Reports were increased by 19% during 2024 |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/estafas-telefonicas-van-al-alza-denuncias-aumentaron-un-19-durante-2024_20250205/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Feb 2026 |website=CNN Chile}}</ref> | ||
Also, researches and reports by [[wikipedia:Hiya_(company)|Hiya]] done in 2024 stated that in Chile, a person receives an average of 28 spam calls per month, being | Also, researches and reports by [[wikipedia:Hiya_(company)|Hiya]] done in 2024 stated that in Chile, a person receives an average of 28 spam calls per month, being a number that shares with Brazil, also being the highest number in Latin America. The research also stated a 25% of these calls belonged to fraudulent phone calls. The same research done in 2023 showed the average quantity of spam calls per month was 20. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Vega |first=Fernando |date=7 Apr 2025 |title=Llamadas Spam: estudio muestra cuántas recibe cada chileno al mes |trans-title=Spam Calls: research shows how many receives every Chilean per month |url=https://www.latercera.com/pulso/noticia/llamadas-spam-estudio-muestra-cuantas-recibe-cada-chileno-al-mes/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 Feb 2026 |website=La Tercera}}</ref> | ||
==What does this law do== | ==What does this law do== | ||