Ireland launches phone fraud crackdown
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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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WASHINGTON - More than 135 people have been arrested in an investigation of global telemarketing scams that have victimized 5 million people, many of them elderly, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday.
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bizpile writes &quot;Ireland has decided to take some extreme measures to crack down on one type of online scam. They have decided to suspend direct dialing to 13 countries (mostly South Pacific Islands) in order to halt the use of auto-dialers.
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Ireland is taking &quot;extraordinary&quot; measures to protect Internet users from rogue auto-dialer programs that hijack their modems and run up long-distance phone charges, the country&#39;s telecom regulator says.
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More than 100 individuals in the United States and 35 others in foreign nations have been arrested in a crackdown on telemarketing fraud that caused losses exceeding $1 billion, US officials said on Tuesday.
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China pledges greater efforts to crack text message fraud    BEIJING, March. 2 (Xinhua)-- China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has vowed to tighten measures to shield Chinese mobile phone users from text message fraud.
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DUBLIN, Ireland  - Ireland has become the first country to cut off direct-dialled calls to entire countries in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud.
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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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Business & money: Consumer group Which? calls for ban on mobile phone cashback deals
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Stricter penalties come into force on roads from Tuesday for motorists caught using hand-held mobile telephones while at the wheel.
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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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Thames Valley Police joins a national mobile database to trace owners of stolen phones.
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A UK firm is hoping a cell phones  security system it has developed which sets off a high pitch  scream, permanently locks the handset and wipes all data if  stolen, will halt the spiraling rise in phone theft.
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In an attempt to stem the growing tide of online scams, identity theft and the proliferation of junk e-mail, the Justice Department and state law enforcement officials have initiated what
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US enforcement agencies have arrested or charged dozens of people with crimes related to junk e-mail, identity theft and other online scams in recent weeks, according to several people involved in the actions.
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The European Commission announces plans to crack down on bogus 'holiday club' scams.
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The amount consumers are charged for making mobile calls while abroad is to be investigated by EU regulators.