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UIN 5401

Text Messaging: Fraud

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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5 December 2023

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13 December 2023 · Answer

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13 December 2023

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Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle SMS text scams.

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  1. 5 December 2023

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle SMS text scams.

    Source: Commons

  2. 13 December 2023

    Answer

    Under the Telecommunications Charter, the sector has introduced firewalls that detect and stop scam texts from reaching customers. The firewalls have stopped 800 million scam text messages since January 2022.Following consultation, we have introduced a ne...

    Source: Written answer

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