Gardaí pushing phone providers to end scam calls

Det Chief Supt Cleary said the criminals involved are sending '500,000 texts' at one time from a phone abroad.

Gardaí are holding urgent discussions with the country’s top mobile phone providers in a bid to reduce, “in the short term”, the scourge of scam texts and calls.

The Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau has pushed the issue with the major telecoms companies and is engaging with them on providing a technical solution to the problem.