Regulation – The 33700, warning mechanism for reporting spam received on his mobile will be extended to scams, premium rate numbers. At the same time, subscribers may refuse to be contacted by telephone.

We know mobile is a good medium for scam artists. To combat spam on this medium, growing the customer naive to call a premium rate number, the government has a warning, the 33700.

Launched in late 2008, he can report the spam received on his mobile. 800 000 alerts have already been made and 790 numbers scams have been banned.

But this type of attack is already old. The scammers have devised mobile other means to trap you. Example: the 'ping call, also known as voice spam when your phone rings once for not giving you time to win.

More canvassing after 20h

Naively, the user remember the number that is clearly overtaxed. The practice is increasingly common and affects alloperators. Faced with this threat, the 33700 can now also report such abuse.

At the same time, the government intends to limit the nuisance telephone canvassing. Who has not been disturbed by a dinner in the open windows or seller of Internet subscription?

Secretary of State for Trade, Herve Novelli, has announced the establishment of a red list allows subscribers to escape from these stresses. It will be implemented in 2011.

Suffice it to send a letter to the structure that will manage the list, with name, address, telephone number and a photocopy of his ID.

The creation of this list is red because it is still difficult to stop the abuse without hindering the development of real business services, “a source of jobs, wealth creation that must be preserved,” said Herve Novelli at a press conference.

It remains to separate the wheat from the chaff.