>> "Major phone networks have agreed to automatically block almost all internet calls coming from abroad
>> if they pretend to be from UK numbers, Ofcom has confirmed.
>>
>> I think that will block calls from me to my parents. I use a local
>> service which shows my number on my parents caller id, but I am certainly not
>> calling them direct.
I suppose we won't know for sure until it's up and working but I think the target is calls from abroad 'spoofing' UK geographic or non geographic (ie 0800 etc) numbers.
Personally, if I get a call from an unknown UK number, answer with a business like verging on brusque Simon Bromptonaut - it deters a fair number of chancers.
I accept the risk that a cold call now has my name but I'm not too bothered; they can find it other places.
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