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<p>Law enforcement partners have stepped up their efforts to tackle this type of crime,
arresting over a hundred criminals involved in some of the most despicable types of
fraud and taking down thousands of phone numbers as well as fake websites and email
addresses.</p><p>The DCMS and Home Office are working closely with telecommunications
providers, regulators and consumer groups to protect the public from crimes such as
mobile phone fraud. As part of this work, we are developing a voluntary charter of
the actions telecoms companies will take to prevent fraud.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The
Government is also exploring a range of measures aimed at tackling the criminal abuse
of mobile telecommunications across a range of different crime types including fraud.</p><ul><li><p>We
are encouraging the public to forward suspicious text messages to 7726 (which is free
of charge) and continue to encourage anyone who has been targeted by a scam to report
it to Action Fraud.</p></li><li><p>We have supported the National Trading Standards
Scams Team to roll out call blocking devices to vulnerable people, to protect some
of the most vulnerable in society from nuisance calls and scams.</p></li><li><p>The
Government has banned cold calls from personal injury firms and pensions providers
unless the consumer has explicitly agreed to be contacted. It has introduced director
liability for nuisance calls.</p></li><li><p>The Government will take further action
through our Fraud Action Plan, an ambitious approach grounded in prevention, education,
effective enforcement and regulatory reforms.</p></li><li><p>The Government has launched
<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime&data=04%7C01%7CAndrei.Skorobogatov%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C735c925b69aa4ca7321808d91f8ef7e0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637575521165134800%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=moYNwAS%2BhmAMZe17sNwWs1j365qF6OU89V4ZWyHBHls%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">a dedicated web page</a> on protecting individuals and businesses
from COVID-19 related fraud, with easy-to-follow tips and a list of places you can
get help and advice if you think you are being scammed.</p></li></ul><p> </p>
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