Ireland is 'only Anglosphere country' without SMS scam filter, warns ComReg

ComReg warned that Ireland's lack of a filter left it more exposed to English-language scam messages 

ComReg said Ireland was one of a shrinking number of EU countries without an SMS scam filter 

Ireland is the "only country in the Anglosphere without an SMS scam filter, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has warned, leaving the State more exposed to English-language scam texts. 

The commission said other English-speaking countries, including the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore, all had measures in place to prevent scam texts, with Ireland also being one of a shrinking number of European Union (EU) countries without a filter.