Police across the globe were investigating scam calls that had resulted in victims handing over million of euro
A worldwide anti-fraud operation investigating 'spoof' phone calls has resulted in the arrests of six people in Ireland.
The focus of the operation was to investigate a website, iSpoof.cc, that has since been taken down. It allowed users to make phone calls from ‘spoofed’ numbers that appear to be genuine.Fraudsters were using this website to call unsuspecting people across the world pretending to be calling from banks, official government departments and police to trick them into handing over their money.
"This operation focused on the users of a website, iSpoof.cc, which is a website designed to allow persons to make telephone calls and/or send sms or text messages from ‘spoofed’ numbers that appear to be from genuine telephone numbers such as bank fraud lines, government departments, policing organisation, business organisations or delivery companies and more.
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