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Minister Brinkhorst of Economic Affairs want to go protect consumers better against internet fraud via autodialers. The minister will go adapt for that reason the telecomwet, reports as Nova.

Autodailers its small program measures that self - often imperceptibly - install on somebody's pc. Mostly they come downloaded the computer within via a truce. A dialer changes the inbelverbinding of the surfer. The new number (mostly a 0906- or 0909-number or a foreign betaalnummer) expense the surfer already fast many Euros per minute.

KPN receives to own say hundred until two hundred complaints per week about this autodailers. Until now closed the consumer must pay however normally the high bill.

According to Minister Brinkhorst, it do not succeeds to undertake the telecomcompanies clear self something against the autodialers, reports as Nova. He has decided about that to fit the telecomwet on.

Because of this must the possible become to freeze the money stream between telecomcompanies and the owners of the (to) expensive telephone line when it clear talk is been of swindle of the consumer.

Also users must can arrange a maximum duration of an inbelsessie with telecomproviders. Thirdly will the minister that consumers their money can terugvorderen as appeared that a complaint about an autodialer gegrond is.

Otherwise its autodialers only possible by inbelverbindingen; who surft via the cable can thus no victim become of the fraud. Internal pus can protect to block self moreover against autodialers, for instance through a connection with 0900-numbers. Tips about this are under others to find on the website SurfOpSafe. nl.