New rules are introduced on November 4 – affect you by phone

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New rules are introduced on November 4 affect you

In the national safety survey, which is carried out by the Crime Prevention Council (BRÅ), it appears that every second Swede is worried about crime in society. It is the next highest ever.

When it comes to vulnerability to various crimes, the development is going in slightly different directions. Fewer than before state, for example, that they have been victims of sexual crimes, while more state that they have been victims of fraud.

What is the national security survey?

  • Measures the public’s exposure to crime, insecurity and fear of crime.
  • Based on web and mail surveys to a sample of roughly 200,000 people aged 16–84.
  • Carried out annually by Brå since 2006.
  • Judged to be able to represent the Swedish population relatively well.
  • The 2024 survey is based on responses collected in 2023.

    • Source: TT

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    This is also consistent with figures from the police. According to the authority, the number of frauds increased in 2023 – by as much as 21.9 percent compared to 2022.

    Not infrequently, it is the elderly who are affected.

    – The typical case is that you almost always call an elderly person and pretend to be a government official, bank official or the like, and based on that you trick the plaintiff into giving out their account details or taking measures that cause funds to be transferred. It’s a bit like telemarketing, the criminals have a script and talk according to it. You call a lot of people at the same time and trawl, but not everyone who nabs has Hans Morgellsenior prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s special fraud group in Stockholm, said in a press release previous.

    Fraud increased in 2023

  • During the year 2023, the number of frauds increased by 21.9 percent.
  • The number of telephone scams increased by 36 percent.
  • The criminal profits from telephone fraud alone were estimated to be SEK 708 million in 2023.

    • Source: The police

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    The Swedish Banking Association has taken measures

    Several bodies have taken measures to counter the fraud, including several banks. In May this year, the Swedish Banking Association, which includes 32 banks, presented a package of measures to prevent victims of phone fraud from being cheated of money via Swish or electronic transfers using BankID.

    – From the industry, we are now presenting a number of joint measures to increase security for customers and to prevent criminals from exploiting the financial system, said the CEO of the Swedish Banking Association Hans Lindberg in a press release at the time.

    Some measures taken were the possibility of introducing time delays of transactions and amount limits for payments.

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    Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT The new rules come into effect on November 4

    Now additional measures are being taken to stop the phone fraudsters. But this time it is the Post and Telecommunications Board (PTS) that is acting. This is by introducing new rules for telecom operators.

    In a first step, they come into force on 4 November 2024, then for numbers in the fixed network. On March 3, they will also apply to mobile numbers.

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    Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

    So what do the rules mean? Yes, according to PST operators must now:

  • stop calls from abroad to Sweden that appear to come from Swedish landline numbers.
  • stop calls from abroad that appear to come from Swedish mobile numbers if they can see that these are not used abroad.
  • in some cases block caller ID rather than stopping the call.

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