Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 21 July 1999, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

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CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND PRE-PAY MOBILE TELEPHONES

That this House is concerned that BT Cellnet introduced a pre-pay mobile phone system in July 1998 without adequate safeguards to protect consumers against credit card fraud; believes that plans to introduce a registration scheme are long overdue and fail to address the phones already in use; calls on BT Cellnet to expedite the implementation of its security measures and ensure that safeguards, such as name and address checks, are put in place to prevent users from topping up their phone with other people's credit cards; and further calls on the Department of Trade and Industry to keep this matter under review.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

856 

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Fraud Mobile phones BT Cellnet

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk