Tag: Norway
Norway Tackles Identity Theft with New Rules for the Sale of Prepaid SIM Cards
Norwegians who want a prepaid SIM card will need to show a robust form of ID such as a passport, driving license or their electronic BankID.
19 National Comms Regulators Join New International Forum for Scam Prevention
The Global Informal Regulatory Antifraud Forum (GIRAF) will be chaired by a representative of Norwegian regulator Nkom and will work in parallel with the One Consortium initiative.
3 Years in Prison for Fraudster Who Drove SMS-Blasting IMSI-Catcher around Norway
A 25 year old Malaysian sent smishing messages that impersonated three Norwegian banks.
Thousands Tricked Into Revealing Banking Details by Smishing IMSI-Catcher Driven around Norway
The IMSI-catcher was used over a 23-day period to send SMS texts with links to websites that impersonated three banks.
Turning Bank ID into Caller ID, whilst IMSI-Catchers Run Wild: Commsrisk Show 7
The financial sector is making all banks uniquely identifiable; the same methods could stop all imposter fraud by phone and internet.
Oslo IMSI-Catcher Arrest: Suspected Malaysian Spy Now Investigated for Fraud ‘with International Ramifications’
Espionage charges were dropped but the same criminal outfit also drove an IMSI-catcher around Bergen, Norway's second city.
Wangiri News from Indonesia, Norway and Spain
The monthly round-up about the one-ring scam features a telco that makes marketing calls which have a similar impact to scams and some cod psychology about Scandinavians.
Wangiri News from Iran, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland and Turkey
Our new round-up includes a telco that failed to block a large wangiri attack despite implementing an anti-wangiri blocking system.
Wangiri Warnings in Bulgaria, Ireland and Norway
The round-up of wangiri information made public in the last three months includes a typically exotic list of apparent sources including the Maldives, Tunisia and North Korea.
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