MegaFon blocks a number of short numbers

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MegaFon blocks a number of short numbers as part of the anti-fraud campaign MegaFon "continues to take active measures to combat mobile fraud. During June of this year, the operator blocked a number of short numbers of one of the leading content providers for violating the terms of the contract. In particular, for the period of conducting an internal investigation and in order to suppress fraudulent actions, the numbers allocated by Content Provider First Alternative CJSC, 5121, 3381 and 4460, which appeared in the complaints of subscribers, were blocked. At the same time, MegaFon has taken a number of additional measures to combat attackers who, under various pretexts, extort money from mobile phone users using short numbers. First of all, the operator has tightened sanctions against content providers for dishonest actions: clauses have been added to the contracts that restrict the working conditions of content providers with short numbers. To protect subscribers from fraud, the operator has developed a system of special services. Among them - a free service "Mobile Price". The service allows you to find out the cost of outgoing SMS to a short number by sending a message with the $ icon from your phone to this number. The operator also uses technology to automatically inform about the cost of content for a number of short numbers - Advice of Charge (AoC). At the same time, in most Russian regions, MegaFon provided its subscribers with the opportunity to block sending SMS and USSD requests to numbers of content providers using a special service. An important role in the fight against mobile fraud is played by informing subscribers. In June 2010, MegaFon launched an Internet project dedicated to practical tips on countering mobile scams - stopfraud.megafon.ru portal. “The operator’s professional and operational actions to protect each subscriber, as well as 100% awareness of the subscribers themselves, create a reliable barrier to any attack by attackers,” said Sergey Khrenov, Head of the Anti-Fraud Department. The stopfraud.megafon.ru portal provides a detailed description of the most common fraudulent schemes and gives recommendations to subscribers on how to act in various situations so as not to become a victim of intruders. There is also a “Feedback” section, where you can leave a message about the fact or suspicion of fraud. In addition, on the operator’s official website, the section “Content Provider Services” is available to subscribers, where you can find out all the details about the services of a particular content provider and quickly check their exact cost. “MegaFon stands for a civilized content market and therefore intends to harshly suppress any attempts to promote fraudulent services. We actively cooperate with law enforcement agencies and transfer to them all information on short numbers found to be fraud and the spread of illegal information. For each message of the subscriber about the suspicion of fraud, a check is carried out. Thanks to this, we manage not only to eliminate the consequences of the actions of the attackers, but also often to prevent cases of extortion of money, ”said Sergey Khrenov. © SOTOVIK

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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