Ireland blocks 13 countries after net scams
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THE REPUBLIC of Ireland is to block direct dial telephone calls to 13 countries in an effort to crack down on growing internet scams.
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In an effort to stem dialup modem fraud, Ireland blocks phone calls to 13 locations, including several South Pacific islands and the entire nation of Mauritania. Operators must verify numbers dialed to these locations before connecting the calls.
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A move by Ireland to block direct telephone calls to most Pacific Island countries because of internet scams will not be replicated in New Zealand, where Telecom tackles the fraud on a case-by-case basis.
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Alternative technologies are once again blocked in Europe.
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Irish banks unite Irish banks have responded to internet scams such as phishing by setting up a forum to share information on high-tech crime.â¦
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Direct dial phone calls from Ireland to 13 other countries are to be blocked because of an internet fraud. Hundreds of Irish phone users have run up large bills due to auto-dialling fraud or modem hijacking.
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FTP, VPNs and Outlook should now be working Just as 3 launches its Â£10 tariff in the UK, its service in Ireland has been suffering incompatibilities, slow speeds, and complaints, forcing the company to waive a month's subs as it struggles to get the service usable.â¦
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The European Commission announces plans to crack down on bogus 'holiday club' scams.
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Turkey, France and Germany are among the countries in which Microsoft has filed suits against phishers during an eight-month investigation, the company revealed on Wednesday. So far 97 lawsuits and 32 criminal complaints are underway.
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p2pnet.net News:- A business in Ireland found it had unknowingly racked up nearly $15,000 in calls. Other modem users found they had charges for calls to the South Pacific.
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Ireland dumped miles for kilometres on Thursday with little mourning but plenty of ridicule as new speed signs popped up everywhere from motorways to mud tracks.
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And viruses make a festive season appearance The politics of unwanted email is changing with China set to overtake the US any day now as the originator of most Irish inbox clutter.â¦
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Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.
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In an effort to stop scams that cause unwitting Internet users to be charged premium rates for calls placed by software surreptitiously installed on their PCs, Ireland is going to block outgoing calls to 13 countries.
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Fraud losses from email phishing attacks will hit $137m globally in 2004, according to a study from research and consulting firm TowerGroup.
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For immigration purposes, apparently Irish law enforcement agencies closed an â¬18m deal on Wednesday to procure digital fingerprinting technology from the private sector.â¦
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More than 100 people have been arrested in the largest global crackdown to date on identity theft, hacking and other Internet-based crimes, Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Thursday.