ICSTIS blames dialler scams for premium rate freeze

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BT program to beat dialler scams

BT program to beat dialler scams 03/17/2005 03:39 AM
BT is introducing two initiatives to help beat rogue dialler scams, which can cost dial-up net users thousands.

MP gets police to investigate BT over
rogue dialler scams

MP gets police to investigate BT over
rogue dialler scams 04/05/2005 11:49 AM
CPS takes a peek too

Premium dialler fraud hits 5,000 users a
month

Premium dialler fraud hits 5,000 users a
month 05/27/2004 09:35 PM
newmediazero May 28 2004 1:13AM GMT

Bank voted 8-1 for UK rate freeze

Bank voted 8-1 for UK rate freeze 04/21/2004 05:03 AM
Minutes show the Bank of England voted decisively to keep rates on hold at its meeting earlier this month.

Ofcom to crack down on premium rate
scamsters

Ofcom to crack down on premium rate
scamsters 08/03/2004 10:34 AM
'Bout time too

UK premium rate phone complaints rocket

UK premium rate phone complaints rocket 07/01/2004 08:29 AM
'Not everything in the garden is rosy'

MPs slam premium-rate 'criminal scams'

MPs slam premium-rate 'criminal scams' 06/28/2004 11:44 AM
Tough talking at £1.50 a minute

2ergo Group PLC in Premium Rate Phone
Scandal, Smile Telecom Still Smiling
with Unpaid Fines

2ergo Group PLC in Premium Rate Phone
Scandal, Smile Telecom Still Smiling
with Unpaid Fines 08/08/2004 02:05 AM
ICSTIS failure to STOP premium rate phone scams.... deal not in the public interest. [PRWEB Aug 8, 2004]

ICSTIS in meltdown - MPs

ICSTIS in meltdown - MPs 07/01/2004 10:39 AM
Clean up premium rate industry - or else

Identity Theft, Auction Scams Top The
List Of Scams Again

Identity Theft, Auction Scams Top The
List Of Scams Again 02/01/2005 09:43 PM
It's unlikely to surprise many people but identity theft and aucti on scams where the seller never ships the item topped the list of scam complaints to the FTC. Of course, what the FTC doesn't break down is how many of the identity theft complaints happened online vs. those caused by a lost wallet or checkbook. Just last week, a study suggested that online identity theft really isn't a very big problem. Also, as the original article notes, it's tough to tell whether the quantity of scams increased, or just that consumers are more aware of them and know to report them. Update: Meanwhile, over in the UK, it looks like d ifferent kinds of scams are popular, with typical confidence scams leading the way.

Fixed-Rate vs. Adjustable-Rate Mortgages

Fixed-Rate vs. Adjustable-Rate Mortgages 06/09/2004 08:46 AM
Have you chosen the most sensible mortgage type for your needs?

BT cuts off dialler scammers

BT cuts off dialler scammers 06/30/2004 11:09 AM
Pull the plug first, ask questions later...

Porn Dialler Scammer Jailed

Porn Dialler Scammer Jailed 04/12/2005 10:08 AM
An Italian convicted of running a porn dialler scam has been locked up on charges of fraud and virus distribution. The 39-year-old, who hasn't been named, was also fined €3000 by a court in Milan. He had admitted being behind a scam targeted Windows users.

It tried to trick users into running a virus (Voltan) which would change their dial-up connection number to a premium rate one. It worked by directing visitors to a site where they could download a screensaver containing the virus. The premium-rate number used is based in Aruba.

More than 57,000 minutes of calls were logged by investigators over three days - which would have seen our crook benefit to the tune of €104,000. But the scam was uncovered when he returned to Italy after visiting Venezuela to try to negotiate extra telephone lines.

View: The Register Coverage
View: La Repubblica Coverage (if you speak Italian)

Read full story...

Rules for using internet dialler
software

Rules for using internet dialler
software 08/10/2004 10:15 AM
Out-Law.com Aug 10 2004 2:00PM GMT

Germany regulates dialler market

Germany regulates dialler market 12/15/2003 10:29 AM
No more scams?

German dialler scammers hijack
signatures

German dialler scammers hijack
signatures 06/30/2004 06:02 AM
The Register Jun 30 2004 9:59AM GMT

Trojan dialler afflicts Symbian
smartphones

Trojan dialler afflicts Symbian
smartphones 08/10/2004 12:23 PM
Cracked Mosquitos game harbours malware

Porn dialler fraudsters find lucrative
loophole

Porn dialler fraudsters find lucrative
loophole 09/03/2004 08:42 AM
Legal side-step fleeces punters

Italian charged in porn dialler virus
scam

Italian charged in porn dialler virus
scam 11/05/2003 06:03 PM
All we need is a Linux guru and RIAA angle for the perfect headline

Ireland bars South Pacific in rogue
dialler crackdown

Ireland bars South Pacific in rogue
dialler crackdown 09/22/2004 07:54 AM
I'm gonna wash that scam right out of my hair

Ireland soothes South Pacific over rogue
dialler crackdown

Ireland soothes South Pacific over rogue
dialler crackdown 09/26/2004 05:27 PM
We have a little list

In a deep freeze

In a deep freeze 01/17/2004 10:56 PM
"And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm,  in the heart of the furnace roar;  And he wore a smile you could see a mile,  and he said: 'Please close that door.  It's fine in here, but I greatly fear  you'll let in the cold and storm --  Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee,  it's the first time I've been warm'."

Freeze, E-dirtbag!

Freeze, E-dirtbag! 01/15/2003 06:57 PM
WebTechniques Jan 15 2003 5:25PM ET

The Doctor Will Freeze You Now

The Doctor Will Freeze You Now 05/04/2004 05:05 AM
Human antifreeze could kick-start the cryonics game by making it easier to perform low-temperature surgery. By Wil McCarthy from Wired magazine.

Did hell freeze over?

Did hell freeze over? 12/19/2004 03:53 PM
The morning weather girl is reporting temperatures in the mid-40s with wind chill in the high 30s. I guess that's...

Notes and Tips: Mac OS X Freeze Bug

Notes and Tips: Mac OS X Freeze Bug 08/03/2004 11:14 AM
Rohan Lloyd writes that Apple confirmed a Mac OS X bug that causes freezes and says they're working on it.

Some Brokers Freeze Out the Little Guy
in Google IPO

Some Brokers Freeze Out the Little Guy
in Google IPO 08/11/2004 06:49 PM
While Google's Dutch auction differs from the traditional IPO process of doling out IPO shares to wealthy individuals and institutions, it's still not as democratic as some would hope.

Update: Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7

Update: Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7 09/23/2004 11:22 AM
Deep Freeze is an administrator's tool for keeping Mac OS X workstations in a standard configuration using both restrictive and non-restrictive protection.

Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7 released

Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7 released 09/22/2004 04:20 AM
Faronics has released Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7, the latest version of its flagship workstation security software...

EU in disarray over treaty freeze

EU in disarray over treaty freeze 06/17/2005 03:21 PM
Three more EU countries postpone votes on the ill-fated EU constitution as the bloc faces an uncertain future.

Swarm Robots and the Freeze-Tag Problem

Swarm Robots and the Freeze-Tag Problem 03/06/2004 02:03 AM
The Freeze-Tag Problem is a common optimization problem when dealing with swarms of robots. You start out with a swarm of "sleeping" robots in an arbitrary arrangement. One robot has to wake the swarm. To wake a sleeping robot, it must be "tagged" by an active robot. Once a robot is awakened, it can assist in waking other robots. The problem is figuring out how to wake all the robots as early as possible. In a recent paper, The Freeze-Tag Problem: How to Wake Up a Swarm of Robots (PDF format), Esther M. Arkin, Michael A. Bender and several other researcher do a lot of interesting math that proves the problem is NP-hard; a result confirmed by other studies of the problem.

Weapons Freeze, Microwave Enemies

Weapons Freeze, Microwave Enemies 08/03/2004 05:26 AM
The military is investigating weapons that use directed-energy beams to paralyze attackers, shoot down missiles or repel adversaries by heating the water molecules in their skin. But some experts are concerned about unknown side effects.

Scientists Freeze Pulse Of Light

Scientists Freeze Pulse Of Light 12/11/2003 04:59 AM

Labour MSP pleads for cuts freeze

Labour MSP pleads for cuts freeze 09/10/2004 05:40 AM
A Labour backbencher puts pressure on the Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm by demanding a freeze on hospital cuts.

Scientist freeze a pulse of light

Scientist freeze a pulse of light 12/11/2003 12:04 PM
In what I would classify as out of the box thinking scientist have been able to stop a pulse of...

MSN Search Claims to Freeze Out Web Spam

MSN Search Claims to Freeze Out Web Spam 06/10/2004 02:55 PM
"In a sample of one billion web pages, Microsoft claims that eight per cent are spam."

Scientists Freeze Pulse of Light, for An

Scientists Freeze Pulse of Light, for An 12/10/2003 04:21 PM
AP via Daily Press Dec 10 2003 2:37PM ET

Australian PM doubts debt freeze

Australian PM doubts debt freeze 01/05/2005 04:43 AM
Australian PM John Howard expresses doubts about proposals for a debt freeze for tsunami-hit countries.

A prefs fix for iTunes freeze on CD
import

A prefs fix for iTunes freeze on CD
import 12/27/2004 10:39 AM
I've been having problems importing CDs into iTunes 4.7 and wanted to import some Christmas albums. Each attempt failed with the "whirling rainbow of death" as someone put it. The CD/DVD drive becomes noisy and the computer...
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