Systems and methods for proactive call spam/scam protection using network extensions

A system for proactive call spam/scam protection, the system comprising:

• at least one physical processor employing a network extension feature of an operating system;
• physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:
• intercept network traffic;
• capture a phone number in the network traffic;
• compare the phone number to a plurality of entries in a spam/scam repository;
• and
• perform a security action in response to the comparison.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• intercept network traffic by the at least one processor employing a network extension feature of an operating system of the computing device;
• capture, by the at least one processor employing the network extension feature, a phone number in the network traffic;
• compare, by the at least one processor employing the network extension feature, the phone number to a plurality of entries in a spam/scam repository;
• and
• perform, by the at least one processor, a security action in response to the comparison.