The State Duma of the Russian Federation announced the possibility of blocking fraudulent numbers. Changes will be made to the “On Communication” law that will require mobile operators not to miss calls from unverified numbers in databases and government systems. This was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Boris Chernyshov, in an interview with the newspaper.News“.
“From now on, calls or messages from subscribers with the code ‘+7’ will come only from numbers registered in the official databases of telecom operators and belonging to individuals and legal entities,” said Chernyshov.
He explained that calls will be accepted only from SIM cards that have passed the verification of databases and verified passport data of citizens. According to Chernyshov, this approach will allow citizens to avoid potentially dangerous calls and messages.
On August 30, Russian banks started Return the money stolen by the scammers to the customers. The “Protect or Refund” service will terminate calls with scammers and block suspicious transactions using an artificial intelligence-powered fraud monitoring system.
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