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5 People Go To Jail For £4.5million Premium Rate Phone Scam

 

5 men have gone to jail for setting up a £4.5m international premium rate phoneline fraud.

The gang set up international premium rate numbers which they called using mobile phone sim cards, they had obtained using false identities.

Southwark Crown Court were told the gang obtained stolen identities to purchase mobile phone Sim cards which were then [...]

Plus-Five Gaming Service Approved By UK Premium Rate Phone Regulators

Malta licensed white-label gaming services provider Plus-Five Gaming has received approval from UK premium rate phone regulator PhonepayPlus to run premium rate phone services for mobile gaming.

Plus-Five revealed that its services are powered by the AliQuantum Gaming Platform and offer clients a complete end-to-end gaming solution that includes payment processing, customer services and marketing facilities [...]

Computer Wizard Premium Rate Phone Line Fraud

 

A computer wizard who recently tapped into local residents telephone lines to then sell fraudulent credit to other people who wanted it to play computer games online has been JAILED FOR ONE YEAR.

Mr Dariusz Ganski used his expert knoweldge of computer and electronics to hack into private telephone lines and then ring premium rate phone [...]

UK Premium Rate Regulator Issues Public Consultation On Guidance To Support Proposed New Code Of Practice

The UK premium rate telecom regulator – PhonepayPlus today issued a public consultation on the Guidance for networks and premium rate service (PRS) providers that will support compliance with the regulator’s new Code of Practice when it comes into force in 2011.

The new Code of Practice replaces many prescriptive service-specific rules [...]

New Mobile Payment Service For Premium Rate Phone Services

A new payment mechanism called PAYFORIT has been launched jointly by all UK Mobile Network Operators.

Payforit is a form of payment mechanism for WAP and web users.

It provides enhanced pricing transparency by enabling consumers, once they have selected their product or service of choice from a WAP or Web site, to then confirm their intention [...]

City Of London Police Smash Multi Million Pound Phoneline Fraud

Police in the City Of London have today made a series of arrests across the United Kingdom as part of an investigation into a criminal network suspected of stealing millions of pounds by using fraudulently purchased SIM cards to dial international premium rate phone numbers.

In the early morning operation, nine addresses were [...]

PhonepayPlus announces changes to Multi-Party Chat prior permission

PhonepayPlus has today issued a statement in response to its Multi-Party Chat (Chatline) consultation, as well as published a Multi-Party Chat (MPC) Prior Permission Notice.

This statement follows a review of Multi-Party Chat in 2009 and the public consultation published on 31 March 2010. The main changes are:

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£45000 Fine For Using 070 Phone Numbers For 121 Chat

PhonepayPlus received a complaint regarding the number 070 99837507.

Research shows consumers back PhonepayPlus proposed Code of Practice

Research released today shows that consumers back PhonepayPlus’ proposed new Code of Practice for the regulation of [...]

PhonepayPlus responds to Ofcoms review of non-geographic calls services

PhonepayPlus has submitted evidence to the call for inputs by Ofcom for its review of non-geographic calls services. PhonepayPlus welcomes Ofcom’s review, as its own consumer research and industry engagement shows pricing transparency is a major issue for the premium rate services (PRS) market. The difficulty consumers face in being able to accurately determine the charges they [...]