The move aims to crackdown on the widespread problem of text scams, where bad actors masquerade as legitimate services.

A new 'likely scam' label will from today be added to text messages which mobile phone users receive from companies or ...

The number of businesses who have registered IDs with the communications watchdog as a scam prevention measure has topped ...

Australian federal police have alerted over 130 people of a new text message scam aimed at crypto users that copies the same “sender ID” as legitimate crypto exchanges such as Binance. The ...

A2P text messages often include an alphanumeric identifier, or SMS Sender ID, that may be the name of the company or brand that sent the message (e.g., 234BANK).

SINGAPORE: From Oct 1, the current police emergency SMS sender ID "71999" will be discontinued and changed to "70999", as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) works to standardise the sender IDs ...

New SMS sender ID Register will make telcos responsible for addressing scams. Telcos will soon be required to check whether messages being sent under a brand name correspond with the legitimate ...

ComReg chairman Garrett Blaney said: “The SMS sender ID registry is just one of a number of interventions introduced by ComReg to help mitigate the scourge of scam phone calls and text messages.

If the Sender ID is not on the Register, the ACMA will either block the SMS or include a warning. The Government has provided A$10 million through the 2023-24 Federal Budget to the ACMA over four ...

The register is set to launch in late 2025, with a pilot SMS Sender ID Register operating as a stopgap in the meantime, according to Australia’s minister for communications, Michelle Rowland.

SINGAPORE - Emergency SMSes sent by the police will show the sender ID 70999 starting Oct 1.. The discontinuation of its previous sender ID, 71999, is part of efforts by the Ministry of Home ...