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The UK government is currently considering following other countries' lead and introducing radical consumer protection measures with regard to coldcalling.

21st October 2013 brought good news for all phone-owners as British regulator Ofcom joined forces with international regulators in the UK, USA and Canada to crack down on 'spoof' callers.

The latest scam reported by tellows users involves victims receiving telephone calls from individuals who claim to work for the debts department at British Gas.

In an attempt to take advantage of the fact that many people are plagued by persistent calls from call centres and telemarketers, scammers claim to provide telephone preference services.

With an increasing number of people taking to social networking sites as tool to stay in touch with acquaintances, they have become a popular target of scammers and fraudsters.

Out of a £36m increase in crimes related to online and phone banking, shopping and identity fraud, a scam method called 'vishing' constitutes for £7m.

One of the oldest and most frequently committed scams in the world of telecommunication is still avidly practiced.

What Tellows Found out about New Fraud Methods Specialized in Tricking Students

As many people often trust the instructions of tech-savvies, a whole industry of scammers dedicated their business to mislead consumers by pretending to offer tech support. Tellows.com can help out!

There has been a new scamming scheme that aims to fraud innocent timeshare owners into purchasing help to move their timeshares, notably, ASI (Action Services International) what is one of the newest in a group of four similarly-named companies.