ComReg is set to deploy a new way of combating scam phone calls from international numbers. Photograph: PAPeople are being advised to avoid answering calls on their phone from unknown numbers that use the prefix +44 amid a surge in reports of scams. In the run-up to Christmas, Ireland is experiencing a significant rise in scam calls that appear to be coming from the UK, according to the State’s communication regulator. “It’s a time when there’s more communication with people abroad, so unfortunately, bad actors prey upon people.”ComReg is set to deploy a new means of combating scam phone calls from international numbers. Between February 2023 and October 2025, those measures resulted in the blocking of over 131 million scam calls.

Source: The Irish Times December 12, 2025 21:27 UTC