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    Millions of scam calls from abroad to be blocked under new crackdown
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    Millions of scam calls from abroad to be blocked under new crackdown

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    1. spackysteve on

      “Phone companies will now have to identify and block calls from abroad which falsely display a UK telephone number as a “presentation number” under strengthened guidance from Ofcom.”

      About bloody time. How about preventing the use of presentation numbers entirely.

    2. Original_Success3895 on

      I’ve found a simple, free way to reduce the number of nuisance calls I receive to zero.

      I don’t own a landline phone.

    3. InspectionLow5303 on

      I get calls from abroad displaying a London number, glad it is finally being addressed

    4. Entire_Homework4045 on

      Will this apply to offshored call centres? Since they will be coming from abroad.

    5. RaymondBumcheese on

      Too little, too late. This is literally the reason I got rid of my landline. I went from ‘there’s no harm having it plugged in even if I don’t use it’ to ripping it out of the wall and hoofing it into the bin within a week of starting to work from home. 

    6. TheMightosaurus on

      Thank god for this, I cant answer any unknown numbers now because I get so many of these spam calls

    7. Jolly_Philosopher265 on

      Indian scam centers will be in shambles for a weekend and then they’ll find a work around no doubt

    8. Capital-Wolverine532 on

      and hopefully in the UK at some point. There are numbers, and consecutive numbers, that come up frequently and based in Manchester and Edinburgh.

    9. Additional_Bus1551 on

      Surely the easiest fix for this is to just prohibit the ‘sale’ of customers’ contact info.