Regulator calls for evidence on innovative solutions to disrupt UK mobile number spoofing from abroad and mobile messaging scams Phone companies will have to identify andblock calls from abroad under strengthened industry guidance introduced by Ofcom to protect the public from scam calls. Current rules do not require operators to block all calls from abroad

The operator also launched its text anti-spam filter last year which has blocked 200 million scam texts 

The most common scams were via texts, with 16 to 34 year-olds targeted the most