UK Cracks Down on Scammers Spoofing Your Phone Number
The UK government, together with major mobile network operators and regulator Ofcom, has announced a landmark initiative to block phone-calls that use spoofed numbers — fake caller IDs designed to trick consumers into believing they’re hearing from banks, government departments or trusted organisations.
Under the new charter, leading operators including BT Group/EE, Vodafone Group, Virgin Media O2, Three UK, TalkTalk Telecom Group, Tesco Mobile and Sky UK have committed to upgrade their network
