Blue Peter fakes phoneline winner
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Here's one we made up earlier Another bastion of British innocence and decency crumbled today as beloved BBC Children's TV programme Blue Peter was implicated in a phone-in competition scandal.â¦
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New technology can trick a caller ID box into displaying the name and phone number of an entirely different person or company than the one actually calling.
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A "golden ticket" contest to find a housemate for Channel 4's Big Brother broke advertising rules, a watchdog says.
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Are there ever âshorter than expectedâ hold times on phone help lines? and other perplexing questions.
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British media watchdog Ofcom has imposed  an unprecedented 50,000 pound fine on the BBC over a phone-in  scam on &quot;Blue Peter,&quot; one of the public-service broadcasters  most popular children&#39;s shows.
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Scientist claims he was duped into film appearance.
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Supporters of X Factor runner-up Rhydian claim phone line problems prevented them voting for him.
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t may be known as caller ID spoofing, but it is evidently no laughing matter. Three days after the start-up company Star38 began offering a service that fools caller ID systems, the founder, Jason Jepson, has decided to sell the business.
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Conman dupes call centre staff into sending him a credit card in the chairman's name
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By Ja'Rena Lunsford, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 13--Will Temple knew the call was a scam. On the other end was the voice of a Microsoft Corp. representative telling him he was the winner of a trip to space.
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UK telecom regulator Office of Communications (Ofcom) effectively gave the green light to voice-over-broadband competition today by ruling that service providers could provide geographic numbers (ones with area codes) to VOIP customers (see Ofcom Speaks
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A man who admitted making a hoax call which led to a Â£45,000 air and sea search is imprisoned.
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The BBC apologises after viewers were asked to phone in for a show they had no chance of appearing on.
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Programmes screened by a string of British channels were under a cloud Friday amid claims that they breached guidelines on premium rate phone lines to television shows.
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Complaint line dealing with other complaints Punters who paid Â£1.50 to send an anonymous Valentine's Day message to the object of their affections (assuming they had a suitably equipped and configured handset) were disappointed to find that a technical fault prevented its delivery.â¦
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Government minister describes television phone-in deception as 'almost daylight robbery'.
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The BBC apologises for faking the results of a competition on children's programme Blue Peter.