Global Anti-Fraud Measures: How Telecoms Fight Phone Scams

Government digital development agencies worldwide are introducing comprehensive anti-fraud packages. These initiatives include approximately 30 measures aimed at combating phone fraud. Key proposals include: introducing administrative and criminal liability for violating SIM card sale rules, mandatory transmission of call recordings with signs of criminal activity to a centralized anti-fraud system, and the possibility of blocking all international calls except for whitelisted numbers.

Legislative changes also affect criminal codes. New articles are being added to cover "IT extortion," with penalties of up to 15 years imprisonment for crimes related to IT or the use of artificial intelligence. Limits on the number of financial cards per individual are also being introduced: no more than five payment and ten bank cards per client.

Some proposals have been refined during inter-agency review, such as requirements for telecom operators to inform customers about numbers suspected of fraud. The draft is currently going through interdepartmental coordination and may undergo further changes before final adoption.