This is what Spain (and other countries) should do to combat spam and fraudulent messages… Once and for all!

They don’t stop growing the messages of spamscams and fraud on our mobiles It’s no secret, so we’re not going to reveal anything to you if we confirm that hundreds of millions of this type of fraudulent communications are sent annually via SMS, which also cost huge money to hundreds of thousands of users unsuspecting who end up falling for the scam.

That is why the United Kingdom telecommunications industry has become serious about limiting this type of malicious SMS, and with a couple of measures that have proven to be very effective, it seems that in less than 9 months they have managed to block some 142 million fraudulent SMSalso disconnecting from the network about 60,000 SIM cards dedicated exclusively to sending spam.

The United Kingdom puts an end to fraud through mobile phones… Let’s see if Spain takes an example!

They told us about it from Mobile UK, emphasizing the creation of new firewall solutions and in the joint work of various government agencies, which through the 7726 scam reporting service have managed to almost completely eliminate SMS fraud from UK mobile networks.

This is what the Secretary of State for the Interior of the United Kingdom herself commented, Pritti Patelin response to the media:

Using text scams to defraud people of money is an intricate crime. The government and industry are working directly to reduce the threat of these text message scams while going after the criminals behind these types of shameless crimes. I am very committed to fighting fraud and protecting our citizens from these crimes. We will soon publish a strategy outlining new actions and crackdowns we can take with the industry to prevent these despicable scams.

According to what they tell us in the published note, one of the main British operators managed to block more than 142 million fraudulent SMS and disconnected those 60,000 SIMs used for malicious activities, but it was not the only one because other companies report reductions in messages from spam around 97%removing the smishing almost entirely from their networks.

It should be remembered that It is not difficult to fall for these types of scams.as attackers pose as reputable companies to gain access to our accounts and/or personal information, using increasingly complicated techniques to detect and more ingenious.

Apparently, the most effective has turned out to be the anti-fraud service of number 7726 that has been activated by the British industry, and that provides operators with information in near real time and directly from users, which can directly report this type of fraudto address and deactivate sending numbers in record time.

They say from the UK that this service 7726 has received more than 500,000 reports since last August 2021, but in recent weeks these reports have been reduced by almost 90% up to more or less 50,000, something that agrees with the data of elimination and blocking of frauds via SMS of which both the operators and the United Kingdom Government boast.

Mobile UK CEO, Hamish MacLeodit is very clear:

As an industry, we take fraud very seriously. We have been investing in new measures to detect and block these SMS from reaching our customers, and also to educate users on how to identify and report suspicious activity. We are committed to working with the Government, Ofcom and law enforcement agencies to further reduce the threats these fraudsters pose to the public. We urge customers to be vigilant and help us take action by submitting reports of nuisance messages and calls to 7726 for reporting and review.

actions taken not only do they include this free reporting service 7726 and in real time of suspicious messages and calls, but also the National Cyber ​​Security Center removed over 2.7 million internet scams during the year 2021 and included new firewalls in mobile networks to block messages detected as spam and perform additional checks on activated SIM cards.

The best part is that all UK operators and networks have committed to continue to implement these measuresso the UK is likely to be the first country in Europe to achieve almost completely limit activity of this type of cyber criminals.

For when in our countries? Because Here in Spain spam messages and annoying commercial or deceptive calls they don’t stop growing every day…