Telia will introduce a protection where the phone scream may be paid by himself
Scams|The protection applies to call calls where the victim is attracted to making an expensive foreign call.
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Telecom operator Telia will introduce a new protection against call calls.
Protection prevents calls from identified scam numbers and warns customers of suspicious calls.
According to Telia’s security expert Kristian Westerstråhle, the new system will make scams unprofitable for criminals.
The protection will take effect on June 4 and is free and automatic for Telia’s customers.
In Finland Generalized telephone scams will begin to be briminated by introducing Telia with new protection.
In a so -called call scam, the victim first attempts to call the foreign number. However, the phone only rangs for a moment so that the victim does not have time to answer the call.
The aim of the scam is to get the victim to call back to a foreign number, which is charged for playing large sums.
The foreign number corresponds, but often the line includes, for example, silence. Thus, the victim will try to stay on the line for as long as possible and to shell out as much as possible.
The scammers masked masses from abroad, for example, to Finland and wish as many as possible to stick to the bait and call back.
For the Finns The call -up scams made have doubled in a year, Telia says in a news release. Early in the year, Telia has rejected over 3 million call -call fraud companies.
« The victims in these scams are usually quite elderly, » says Telia’s security expert Kristian Westerstråhle.
Some may even call scam numbers from abroad, which, according to Westertråhle, may reach as much as four digits.
Calling outside the EU numbers may cost several euros per minute, according to the Traficom Cyber Security Center. Sometimes the numbers come from satellite numbers, which can cost as much as ten euros a minute.
Telia says it has only rejected over 3 million call -call companies during the first half of the year.
On Wednesday Starting with Telia’s telephone subscriptions, those who are trying to call a call to call will have to face multi -level protection.
The system prevents or hides automatically identified scam numbers. In this case, the customer will not be able to call back to the foreign number.
If the scam number is not blocked or hidden, the cheater will hear Telia’s warning message before his number is connected to the customer. During the time of listening to the warning message, the cheater will also be charged.
« This is how the criminal business model breaks down. It takes interest to make these scam calls to Finland if you can pay for it yourself, » Westersstråhle says.
If, in spite of everything, the scam call goes through and the customer tries to call back the number, he will hear a recording that warns of a possible call scam. This allows the customer to close the call before the high price begins to accrue.
The protection will take effect on Wednesday 4 June. It is free for Telia users and the customer does not have to do anything to activate it.
Klaus Nieminen, a leading expert at Traficom, says that Telia’s scammers protect the model.
Telia Also consulted Traficom in developing protection, which showed the project green light.
“This is a worthwhile model and a good tool to reduce risks,” says Traficom’s leading expert Klaus Nieminen.
Most of the call scams come from Africa and Asian countries and satellite phone services, Nieminen says.
« Many times calls come from countries where it is exceptionally expensive to make. »
Currently, the call calls are reported to Traficic. However, the type of scam always rises from time to time.
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