Why does my phone get spam calls every day?

Your phone gets spam calls every day mostly because robocalling is cheap, automated, and often illegal scammers can contact huge numbers of people with very little effort.

Common reasons your number gets targeted:

1. Your number may be on a spam list. This can happen if you’ve entered it on websites, forms, giveaways, loyalty programs, or lead-generation sites.
2. Your number may have been exposed in a data breach. If a service you used was breached, your number could have been included in leaked data and later reused or sold.
3. Autodialers call numbers at scale. Scammers use computer programs that dial thousands of sequential or random numbers to find active lines.
4. Answering can make your number look active. If you pick up spam calls, your number may be marked as reachable and get called more often.
5. Your number may be public or scraped. Social media, business directories, and public records can expose phone numbers to bots.

How to reduce the calls:

• Don’t answer unknown numbers; let them go to voicemail.
• Turn on built-in call filtering:
  • iPhone: Settings > Phone > Silence Unknown Callers
  • Android: Phone app > Settings > Spam and Call Screen > Filter spam calls
• Use your carrier’s spam-blocking tools if available.
• Register on the National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov. This can reduce calls from legitimate telemarketers, but it won’t stop illegal scammers.

A data breach is one possible source, but it isn’t something I can confirm for your number specifically without more information.