Ireland Cracks Down on Online Scammers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 22, 2004 @09:00PM from the don't-call-there-anymore dept.

bizpile writes "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. The measure, announced by Ireland's Commission for Communications Regulation, came in response to hundreds of consumer complaints about the scams. ComReg acknowledges that its move is extreme but says that previous efforts to raise awareness of the problem failed to significantly diminish complaints. ComReg will keep the block in place for six months, after which it will be reviewed. All direct-dial calls will initially be blocked, although the regulator is also compiling a "white list" of legitimate numbers that consumers have requested to call."

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Re:Will this ever work by Celt · 2004-09-22 21:32 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If America did the same* then they properly would.. :)

*NEVER gona happen

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Re:Germany & Switzerland by Patrik_AKA_RedX · 2004-09-22 23:45 · Score: 0, Flamebait

In Switzerland dialers to premium numbers are outright verboten, since this year. Period.
So, if one is found on your system, you get shiped of to jail? Good solution I must say.