Phone providers are to automatically block online calls from abroad that are made to look as if they come from UK numbers, as part of efforts to crack down on a rise in foreign scams.
The communications regulator, Ofcom, said it had been working with telecoms companies to tackle the “complex problem” and would introduce the new measures “at pace”.
The Telegraph, which first reported the news, said the regulator was also considering whether customers should be forced to show ID when buying multiple sim cards, which can be used by fraudsters to send millions of text messages to victims.
Ofcom revealed last week that scam calls and texts had targeted 45 million people in the UK this summer, and said it was particularly concerned about a
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