New fraud prevention measures 'step in the right direction' says Martin Lewis

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robatwork said:

What needs to happen next is an extremely rigorous technical change not allowing anyone to spoof Caller ID. It won't be easy but it IS possible if the political will is there.

born_again said:

Does not need political will to stop spoofing. It needs telco's to get their fingers out..

It's a bit of both really - controls to effectively deal with spoofing are contingent on migrating from the analogue phone system, but this entails vast spend within the industry, which can't just be imposed arbitrarily by government or regulators so is being planned collaboratively.

I believe that the plan remains for the old system to be switched off at the end of 2025, but that there are some interim measures being taken to minimise impact:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2022/crackdown-on-fake-number-fraud

https://www.futureofvoice.co.uk/

The Future Of Voice website is hosted by the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) – the government advisory body on telecommunications. It has been developed with the support of the industry stakeholders BT, Openreach, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Sky, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Ofcom. The website is designed for industry to provide information on the migration of fixed voice services to IP.