The National Communications Commission (NCC) has been using a voice warning feature since mid-July to stop scam calls. People will initially hear a brief fraud voice warning for 7 seconds if they answer a call beginning with "+886 9" on a local phone. After October, it's anticipated that five telecom carriers will also have access to this feature, which serves as a reminder to the public to prevent fraud.
NCC launches 7-second voice warning function to Stop "+886 9" scam calls.Photo reproduced from National Communications Commissions Facebook
NCC said that starting May of this year, it has started to reject scam calls with "+886" followed by "0 to 8 numbers" since it is difficult to have an overseas phone number be a local call, but if it is "+886 9" According to statistics, 70% of the initial phone numbers are regular calls, while the remaining 30% are thought to be fraudulent. In order to raise public awareness of fraud prevention, NCC introduced the voice warning feature because it is hard to differentiate through the number alone.
Additionally, the National Communications Commission deputy chairman stressed that future research into more efficient techniques for directly banning fraudulent calls with the prefix +886 9 will go on. The public can also dial "12165" on a local phone or hit any buttons to skip while they are listening to request closure if they do not want to hear the voice warning. People are urged to pay more attention, think more critically, and increase their self-awareness of fraud prevention in light of numerous fraudulent approaches.
