The government once again cautioned mobile users about spam calls.
There has been a huge increase in the cases of cyber crime in the smartphone world in recent times. Scammers are constantly adopting new methods to defraud people. The government and telecom companies are trying to protect people from cyber fraud and online scams. Meanwhile, a big warning has been issued by the government for 120 crore mobile users. The government has asked mobile users to be cautious about calls coming from certain types of numbers.
A warning has been issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of the Central Government. The Department of Telecommunications has asked mobile users to be cautious about international calls. A statement in this regard was also issued by the government on Tuesday.
Government issued statement
The Department of Telecommunications (DOT) said in an official statement on Tuesday that mobile service operators have been asked to tag international calls for the awareness of their customers. It was told by the department that the International Incoming Fake Call Prevention System was launched on October 22 and within 24 hours of its launch, 1.35 crore or 90 percent of the international calls coming from tempered Indian phone numbers were identified as spam calls. Identified as.
The government warned mobile users that after this the scammers changed their strategy and are now using calls from international numbers to make people victims of fraud. The department said users should exercise caution when replying or answering calls from unknown international numbers that do not begin with +91. DoT has also asked to be wary of such calls that claim to be from an Indian government department.
DoT has issued warning earlier also
Let us remind you that even before this, Dot has warned crores of mobile users about calls coming from international numbers. Just a few days ago, X posted on social media platform While issuing a warning to the customers, it was told that calls are not made to any mobile users by the Department of Telecommunications or TRAI, hence if anyone makes such claims then they are fake calls.
The government said that if you receive a fake call from an international number, you can complain about it on the Chakshu portal. Not only this, like DoT it was also said that international calls made by scammers to defraud people are internet generated.
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