With the help from PDRM, Whoscall managed to tag unknown calls as “Scammer (verified by PDRM),” resulting in a significant drop in the user pick-up rate of scam calls from 21% to 11%.

According to the recent collaboration between Whoscall and the Royal Police Malaysia (PDRM), the pick-up rate of scam calls in Malaysia has decreased by 10% within 8 months, following the successful detection of 3.1 million fraudulent calls and SMS from January to August 2023. 

The collaboration aims to protect Malaysians against scammers and fraud through AI technology and a comprehensive database of over 1.6 billion phone number entries.

The joint effort includes sharing the fraud number database from the PDRM Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) portal with Whoscall’s data system. 

With the help from PDRM CCID portal, Whoscall successfully detected 3.1 million fraudulent calls and SMS from January to August 2023.