Ireland Cracks Down on Online Scammers

bizpile writes "Ireland has decided to take some extreme measures to crack down on one type of online scam. They have decided to suspend direct dialing to 13 countries (mostly South Pacific Islands) in order to halt the use of auto-dialers. The measure, announced by Ireland's Commission for Communications Regulation, came in response to hundreds of consumer complaints about the scams. ComReg acknowledges that its move is extreme but says that previous efforts to raise awareness of the problem failed to significantly diminish complaints. ComReg will keep the block in place for six months, after which it will be reviewed. All direct-dial calls will initially be blocked, although the regulator is also compiling a "white list" of legitimate numbers that consumers have requested to call."

Easier Method

[illuminata]

I've got a method that'd take care of the offline scammers in Ireland, too.

Declare war on the leprechauns.

You know those little fuckers are the ones up to this. God damn dirty leprechaun tricks...

Re:Lets loose premium rate dialup.

[DrSkwid]

They are just breeding grounds for porn sites

and you call that illegitmate ?

Re:Will this ever work

[NineteenSixtyNine]

But thats impossible. Everybody knows there's no way not to annoy the Irish.


Not flamebait or a troll, I'm part Irish and just admitting the truth. Got a problem with that? You're just saying that to annoy me!!!

Re:What's the scam ?

[DrSkwid]

Physicians, Judges and Laywers across the world hear this :

Even if I am lying in a coma, I don't want my cronjobs stopped!

Yours of sound mind and body,

Dr, T. Skwid Esq. [dotgeek.org]