Phi Systems track Rogue Internet Diallers |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Nov 08 2006 at 3:49 PM |
Phi Systems track Rogue Internet Diallers ...
With immediate effect Phi Systems will not connect any calls to the destinations listed below. This is because these destinations (most of which are Pacific or African Islands) have been repeatedly used by organised criminals to terminate rogue internet diallers (malicious software that is downloaded to a customer`s PCs and then triggers calls to expensive destinations). Our investigations have shown that over 99% of all call traffic to these countries is not authorised by our customers and is therefore considered to be fraudulent.
The one disadvantage of the change is that individual customers can not opt in to calling the destinations. Although it is a very small number of customers who will legitimately want to do this we are working on a solution to provide this option.
If you require further information about rogue diallers the links below will assist.
Information on rogue diallers from Citizens Advice
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/pressoffice/press_index/press-05021.htm
Advice from Wanadoo on protecting your computer
http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/internetsecurity/roguedialler.htm
Destinations barred from the ideal/Energis network from Monday 23 May.
Destination Country Code
Mauritiana 00222
Sao Tome & Principe 00239
Guinea Bissau 00245
Diego Garcia 00246
Comoros & Mayotte 00269
Norfolk Islands 00672
Nauru 00674
Solomon Islands 00677
Vanuatu 00678
Wallis & Futuna 00681
Cook Islands 00682
Kiribati 00686
Tuvalu 00688
French Polynesia 00689
Tokelau 00690
Niue 00683