{"id":20265,"date":"2021-10-24T22:23:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T02:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20265"},"modified":"2021-10-25T03:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T07:48:25","slug":"ofcom-orders-phone-networks-to-block-foreign-scam-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/10\/24\/ofcom-orders-phone-networks-to-block-foreign-scam-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom orders phone networks to block foreign scam calls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Major phone networks have agreed to automatically block almost all internet calls coming from abroad if they pretend to be from UK numbers, Ofcom has confirmed.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Criminals have been using internet-based calling technology to make it look like a phone call or text is coming from a real telephone number.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Almost 45 million consumers<\/a>\u00a0were targeted by phone scams this summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ofcom said it expected the measures to be introduced at pace as a “priority”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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So far, one operator has already implemented the new plans, the regulator told the BBC, while other phone networks are still exploring methods of making it work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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