CAB Issues Rogue Dialler Warning
Posted: 23rd Feb, 2005 By: MarkJ
The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has warned surfers about the growing problem of rogue Internet diallers, which have been in the news a lot this week after legal action forced BT to stop its pro-active blocking:
The UK's free consumer help and advice service says it's seeing an increasing number of cases where ordinary net users have been conned by such scams.
In one case a woman from the Midlands racked up a bill for £320 on top of her usual £14.99 a month after being tricked into downloading software onto her computers.
She had been closing pop-ups while accessing the web and found instead she had been connected to a premium rate number. In the end, a company in Spain was found to be behind the con.
The premium rate regulator, ICSTIS, has already been busy dishing out fines. The problem is of primary concern to anybody with a dialup modem attached to their computer (not broadband). More @ The Register.
The UK's free consumer help and advice service says it's seeing an increasing number of cases where ordinary net users have been conned by such scams.
In one case a woman from the Midlands racked up a bill for £320 on top of her usual £14.99 a month after being tricked into downloading software onto her computers.
She had been closing pop-ups while accessing the web and found instead she had been connected to a premium rate number. In the end, a company in Spain was found to be behind the con.
The premium rate regulator, ICSTIS, has already been busy dishing out fines. The problem is of primary concern to anybody with a dialup modem attached to their computer (not broadband). More @ The Register.
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