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High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback I have been billed £2700 for one premium rate phone call by BT made while I was away for a weekend by an outo dialler that had been installed on my PC without my knowledge. The call lasted 27 hours and was eventually ended by BT.
[December 17, 2004, 11:38]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback i have been scammed by premium rate diallers connecting me to a spanish porn site.i have been charged 54 pounds for 4 calls made in the space of 2 weeks! i was unaware of this and feel helpless because bt said all i could do was report it to ictis...
[September 18, 2004, 12:39]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback In spite of the so-called protection, I got the dialler and it dialled the premium rate number without me knowing. I'm a McAfee viruscan subscriber and I use Wanadoo Anytime dialup. Both companies say it's my responsibility.
[October 15, 2004, 17:08]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback I too have had a problem in July 2004 with a Premium Rate dialer somehow being installed without my knowledge and it them diverting me to a premium line for 1 hour costing me over £60. I tried to colplain to ICSTIS on line but the will not accept...
[September 5, 2004, 15:45]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
News The number of Internet users claiming to have fallen victim to premium-rate phone charge fraud has risen sharply, according to industry regulator ICSTIS. Diallers are downloaded onto Web users' computers to allow access to pay-per-view sites, such...
[June 23, 2004, 15:25]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback What I fail to understand is if BT have taken money incorrectly from telephone accounts and paid it to these scam merchants bank accounts - why do individuals have to recover it from the scam merchants when we have no details or means of...
[July 25, 2004, 13:26]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback Our eldest son downloaded free music and from then on each time we logged on to the net it was charged to a premium rate sex line. We are english living in Greece. The bill was over 500 euros to be paid to ote the Greek telephone company.
[December 22, 2004, 22:39]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback Yes I,m another victim and it happened in 1993 to the tune of £360+ I have a name and address of the low life who has caused this misery and have tried to get our hard earned money back without joy. I would like to know if anybody and there were...
[February 8, 2005, 10:11]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback I'm an NTL customer and they are not interested, I was apparantly connected to a Spanish Porn Site without my knowlege and it's cost me £80.00. They told me to contact ICSTIS who would give me a reference number, they would then use this reference...
[November 18, 2004, 12:56]
High-tech Cops Probe Premium-rate Internet Fraud
Talkback I was told BT could do nothing but put a bar on premium charge numbers , ok , but who will pay my bill ? I too have fallen victim , to the grand sum of £153.
[September 29, 2004, 16:05]
UK Premium Rate Regulator Gets Tough On Rogues With IP Office Text-to-Speech Application Gateway
White Papers ICSTIS is the London based, industry-funded Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services. ICSTIS needed to improve their responsiveness to enquiries from the public.
[April 24, 2007, 1:00]
Government Wakes Up To Rogue-dialler Problem
News Rogue firms that trick Internet users into using premium rate numbers to connect to the Web could be hit with fines of up to £250,000 under new government proposals. Customers have unwittingly run up hefty phone bills when their automatic dial-ups...
[June 29, 2005, 16:00]
Regulator Clamps Down On Rogue Dialler Cash
News ICSTIS, the body that regulates premium-rate phone services in the UK, is clamping down on criminals targeting dial-up Internet users. The regulator announced on Thursday that telecoms companies such as BT will no longer be allowed to pass on call...
[August 5, 2005, 15:25]
UK Regulator Clamps Down On Porn Sites
News The UK's premium rate phone services regulator has fined and barred two online porn providers. The promotional material repeatedly referred to sexual acts involving children, while the dialler software used to access the companies' Web sites at...
[October 23, 2002, 10:44]
Clampdown On Rogue Diallers Is Imminent
News Agreement has been reached between ICSTIS, which regulates the UK premium rate phone services market, and the government over new powers that will be introduced to try and crack down on the threat posed by rogue diallers, according to people...
[July 14, 2004, 17:25]
Regulator Demands More Powers To Fight Rogue Diallers
News ICSTIS, the organisation that regulates the premium rate telephone services, is demanding that the government gives it the powers it needs to fight the growing menace of rogue diallers. In recent weeks ICSTIS (the Independent Committee for the...
[July 8, 2004, 17:30]
New Powers Granted To Slam Rogue Diallers
News ICSTIS, the organisation that regulates premium-rate telephone services in the UK, has won new powers that it says will help it to clamp down on rogue diallers. As first reported earlier this week, all premium rate services will now have to seek...
[July 16, 2004, 13:10]
Fraud Buck Will Stop With Network Operators
News ICSTIS, the body that regulates premium-rate phone services in the UK, is to bring in tough new guidelines which will make network operators responsible for checking contractors' backgrounds. Scams involving premium-rate services including rogue...
[July 10, 2006, 17:00]
BT To Block Rogue Diallers
Talkback I had premium rate numbers but also I had calls to someone called Emsat, apparently this is a ship to shore phone so BT told me. Also ICSTIS were unable to help because it is a International number and not a premium rate number.
[June 30, 2004, 10:07]
Watchdog Issues Rogue-dialler Help
News Premium-rate phone call watchdog ICSTIS has issued a consumer instruction leaflet on how to deal with Internet rogue diallers. The guidelines also detail how to tell the difference between regular and rogue diallers, which dupe users into making...
[October 21, 2004, 17:50]
