The crackdown, instigated by the telecoms regulator, Comreg, is targeting scammers who try to use household name company brands like banks or retailers to ‘spoof’ people over SMS
A national crackdown on scam texts begins on Wednesday, with a wave of SMS messages set to be labelled as ‘likely scam’ across all Irish mobile operators.
The scheme is being overseen by the telecoms regulator, Comreg, which has set up an approved register of businesses. Any company that hasn’t registered will now see any customer texts they send out marked as ‘likely scam’. From October, such unregistered company texts will be blocked by Irish operators under the new scheme.
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