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<p>As the Government set out in the Fraud Strategy, we are taking a range of actions
to tackle criminals making fraudulent calls to the UK public.</p><p>In August, we
launched an eight-week consultation on proposals to ban cold calls on all financial
products, in addition to a previous ban on cold calls for pensions. This will mean
that anyone who receives an unsolicited call trying to sell them a product such as
crypto currency or insurance, will know it’s a scam. We also support National Trading
Standards in the roll out of call blocking devices to vulnerable people.</p><p>Ofcom
have already strengthened activity against ‘spoofed’ calls and new rules have now
come into force to ensure that operators block calls from suspicious numbers from
the UK and overseas. They also continue to look at significant long-term measures
that will further tackle scam calling.</p>
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