Truecaller says its platform identified more than 68 billion spam and fraud calls worldwide in 2025, underscoring the growing scale of unwanted communications and digital scams confronting mobile phone users globally.
The figure comes as the company expands Truecaller Lite, a lightweight application designed for entry-level Android smartphones, following an early rollout in Nigeria.
According to the company, Nigeria played a key role in validating the new product, becoming one of the first countries globally to receive Truecaller Lite before its expansion to 11 additional markets across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
The development highlights the increasing challenge of mobile fraud in emerging markets, where millions of consumers rely on affordable smartphones as their primary gateway to the internet.
In Nigeria, the problem is particularly acute. Truecaller data shows that the country was Africa’s most spammed nation in 2025, with 51 percent of all unknown calls received by users identified as spam or fraudulent. In practical terms, more than one out of every two unknown calls received by Nigerians was flagged as potentially unwanted or malicious.
To address the challenge, Truecaller developed Lite as a dedicated application optimized for entry-level Android devices that often face limitations in storage, memory, and processing power.
Unlike stripped-down versions of existing apps, Truecaller says Lite was built from the ground up as a standalone product. At just 10MB in size, the app provides key features such as caller identification, spam and fraud blocking, number search, contacts management, and default dialer functionality while consuming minimal device resources.
Importantly, the company noted that Lite users benefit from the same spam detection and fraud protection capabilities available on the main Truecaller application, drawing from the same database that identified over 68 billion spam and fraud calls globally last year.
“Safe communication should not depend on the phone you have,” said Rishit Jhunjhunwala, CEO of Truecaller.
“The next billion users live in markets where entry-level devices are often the norm. Truecaller Lite is a new product built specifically for them, and it was important for us to provide the same protection from spam and fraud that users expect from Truecaller around the world.”
The expansion comes amid growing concerns about telecom-related fraud, scam calls, and digital identity theft across emerging markets. Industry analysts note that while smartphone adoption continues to rise across Africa, many consumers still use entry-level devices that may struggle to support feature-rich security applications.
By optimizing fraud protection for low-cost smartphones, Truecaller hopes to extend access to caller verification and spam detection tools to millions of additional users.
Following its initial launch in Nigeria and Colombia, Truecaller Lite is now expanding to Kenya, Ghana, Algeria, Chile, Egypt, Iraq, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia, with further market launches planned.
In Nigeria, the application is available through the Google Play Store and Transsion’s app distribution channels.
