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:Yea, like we care about Ireland by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-22 21:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

you must be new around here.
Dammit... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-22 21:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

How am I going to pick up my now?
Re:Yea, like we care about Ireland by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-22 21:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

HAH yuo forgat to psot anoynusly, now i can crack your site OMG!!!!!111
Re:Article text in case of slashdotting by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-22 21:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Troll? Fucking hell. I like Bob Dylan.
Re:Article text in case of slashdotting by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-22 21:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Mod up - clever parody. Also a troll, but is that really that bad?