Move to end 070 rip-offs

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WATCHDOG Ofcom is cracking down on premium-rate 070 rackets.

Scams include missed bogus job alerts in which people return a call thinking it is to a mobile number when in fact it costs up to £1.10 a minute.

Ofcom wants to cap the wholesale cost of calls at 0.5p a minute and expects the saving to be passed on.

Minister for Digital Margot James added: “We need to put a stop to the bill shocks affecting innocent victims.” LEAF IT OUT Basil beats his stalled motor