Overview
- The Bundesnetzagentur logged 85,158 complaints in 2025, down sharply from the 2024 record of 154,624.
- The regulator deactivated about 6,200 numbers and imposed prohibitions on roughly 2,000 numbers to block unlawful payment demands.
- Vodafone says it sent nearly 50 million fraud alerts to users’ screens since launching its Spam-Warner in May 2025, with fewer people answering flagged calls.
- Deutsche Telekom has introduced a comparable warning feature for incoming calls suspected of fraud.
- Despite fewer formal complaints, anti-spam service Clever Dialer counted 555,926 spam calls in January 2026 and reports scammers rotating numbers and using pressure tactics.