Telephone companies to block phone numbers from which fraudulent calls are made.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

There are still far to many fraudulent and scam telephone calls being made to UK telephone numbers to try to extract cash / bank account or credit card details from the elderly and vulnerable. Action Fraud has shown itself to be impotent in acting against these fraudsters to stop the calls.

Legislation should be passed to instruct telephone companies to provide a method to easily report fraudulent phone calls. If multiple reports of fraud are made against one phone number then this number should be blocked from the entire UK telephone network by the phone companies working together. The onus should be placed on telephone companies to receive reports of fraud, track the phone number of origination and then block these numbers from the UK telephone network and so end telephone fraud.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Regulation and oversight of telecommunications is a matter for the communications services regulator Ofcom, and individual carriers. You can find out more here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/complaints/complain-about-phones-or-internet-services/unwanted-calls-and-messages/silent-abandoned-scam-calls

Timeline

17 May 2022	Petition opened for signatures
20 May 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 May 2022

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