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Rogue dialler crackdown targets network providers
News The move is an attempt to cut down on fraud, such as the notorious rogue diallers that have tricked many dial-up users out of hundreds of pounds. Scams involving premium-rate services including... [11 Jul 2006]
New rogue internet dialler crackdown planned
News Rogue diallers switch dial-up internet connections from low-cost or freephone numbers to more expensive numbers. The communications regulator said there is "growing evidence of consumer harm" arising... [21 Nov 2005]
Rogue diallers scalp Microsoft security guru
News Rogue diallers have claimed a high-profile victim - Microsoft UK's chief security advisor Ed Gibson. Rogue diallers are malicious applications that hijack an internet... [07 Sep 2005]
Rogue diallers: Cash-in quick is over, says ICSTIS
News Rogue diallers are pieces of software that a user unknowingly downloads on to their computer. Complaints about rogue diallers soared just over a year ago, with dial-up... [08 Aug 2005]
£250,000 fines for internet dialler rogues
News The proposals, unveiled by ecommerce minister Alun Michael and backed by the premium services regulator ICSTIS, come in response to consumers concerned about unwittingly connecting to expensive internet diallers. [29 Jun 2005]
BT to send rogue dialler warnings via text
News Rogue diallers trick a computer into calling premium-rate phone numbers instead of the usual internet service provider (ISP), which means that phone bills can become expensive. BT is not responsible for... [01 Jun 2005]
Rogue diallers face BT clampdown
News The telco announced on Tuesday that is giving away a software application to combat the problem of rogue diallers, which has already cost UK computer users hundreds of thousands of pounds. Broadband... [16 Mar 2005]
Rogue diallers draw consumer and watchdog anger
News As if slow downloads and pedestrian web access wasn't enough, the problem of rogue diallers racking up huge phone bills is still a major issue according to ICSTIS, the watchdog which regulates premium... [30 Nov 2004]
Watchdog bans 11 premium rate rogue diallers
News Telecoms regulator Icstis (Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services) has cut off 11 rogue diallers, after the watchdog received a spate of complaints from... [20 Oct 2004]
BT blocks 1,000 premium-rate net scam lines
News These rogue diallers then connect the user to the internet via a premium-rate telephone line. Gavin Patterson, group managing director of consumer and ventures at BT, said in a statement that BT is... [05 Oct 2004]
Phone fraud crackdown cuts off 13 countries
News The dialler scam came to prominence earlier this year when premium rate regulator Icstis published figures showing the number of victims of the rogue diallers - which are often only discovered when users... [22 Sep 2004]
Government to blame for rogue dialler threat, says watchdog
News ICSTIS, the organisation that regulates the premium rate telephone services, is demanding that the government gives it the powers it needs to fight the growing menace of rogue diallers. Officials from... [09 Jul 2004]
BT to block premium rate dial-up scammers
News Diallers are software applications that are downloaded onto web users' computers to allow access to pay-per-view sites, such as porn sites, but some are being installed without users' knowledge in order to run up large... [29 Jun 2004]
