The Russians wanted to get rid of phone scammers with spoofed numbers Russian news EN
The Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Main Radio Frequency Center”, subordinate to Roskomnadzor, wants to receive fees, which makes it impossible for scammers to use fake phone numbers. About it writes “Kommersant”.
The publication claims that large operators prohibit connection to number spoofing and actively use their own anti-fraud systems, but a small number of providers even require such services. Also, the problems associated with the lack of medicines are completely eliminated, until foreign operators are also involved in the fight against fraudsters.
8.2 million rubles were allocated for the development of a selected project with fake numbers. The tender was closed.
In August 2021, the All-Russian People’s Front headed the Ministry of Digital Transformation to Maksut Shadayev with a proposal to introduce criminal liability for organizing a number substitution service and, possibly, the substitution process itself.
This proposal was supported by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Supervision, Information Technologies and Communications Sergei Boyarsky. “If we automatically block an incoming call with a code, for example, 499, which, in fact, comes from outside the country, we will stop the lion’s share of fraudulent transactions in the bud,” he explained.