Phone fraud crackdown cuts off 13 countries
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In an effort to stop internet dialler scams - where unwitting surfers are put onto premium rate connections - Ireland is going to block calls to 13 countries.
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Direct dial telephone calls from Ireland to 13 other countries are to be blocked because of an internet fraud.
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Mobile phone subscribers around the globe totaled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year, about one quarter of the world's population, according to the International Telecommunication Union.
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In an effort to stop scams that cause unwitting Internet users to get charged premium rates for calls placed by software surreptitiously installed on their PCs, Ireland is going to block outgoing calls to 13 ...
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A US-led operation targeting ID fraud crooks has led to the arrest of 28 people across seven countries this week. The arrests follow an undercover operation headed by US Secret Service agents that successful
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Scams using premium phone rate lines are getting out of control, the Trading Standards Institute says.
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Ireland is to block direct dialling to 13 countries, mostly in the South Pacific, to combat the growing menace of rogue autdiallers.
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A pharming attack that targeted online banking customers in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific has been shut down.
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Two Gilbert brothers were arrested Monday as part of a worldwide crackdown on telemarketing schemes that have victimized more than 5 million people for an estimated $1 billion in losses.
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Eleven firms are barred as part of action against scams which left dial-up net users in the UK with big bills.
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Vodafone finally took the wraps off its 3G services yesterday, just in time for Christmas. It vowed to attract 10 million customers across 12 European countries and Japan to the new technology with a mixture
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Commission said Wednesday it had dropped its antitrust investigation into mobile phone roaming prices charged by operators in Britain and Germany after new EU rules forcing telecom companies to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad.
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Plans to limit mobile phone call costs for consumers who travel abroad within Europe are attacked by the industry.
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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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European Union ministers adopted on  Thursday rules that will slash the price of making mobile phone  calls abroad in the 27-member bloc, after a year of wrangling  and heated debate, the EU's German presidency said.
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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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IRS criminal investigators this week conducted raids in seven cities to shut down tax preparation businesses suspected of abusing a one-time telephone tax refund.