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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Josie Clarke

New technology will eliminate call spoofing ‘within a year’ – minister

New measures could halt call spoofing within a year (Alamy/PA) -

Mobile networks including BT EE, VodafoneThree and Virgin Media O2 are to block foreign call centres from impersonating banks in a crackdown to eliminate call spoofing “within a year”.

New call tracing technology will “hunt down” scammers and victims will receive faster support, the Home Office said.

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