The authorities has directed telecom operators to block all incoming international spoofed calls that show Indian cellular numbers, an official assertion stated on Sunday.
It has been reported that fraudsters have been making international spoofed calls displaying Indian cellular numbers to Indian residents and committing cyber-crime and monetary frauds, the Department of Telecom (DoT) stated.
Such calls appeared to be originating inside India however have been being made by cyber-criminals from overseas by manipulating the calling line id (CLI), and had been misused in current circumstances of pretend digital arrests, ‘FedEx scams’, medication or narcotics in courier, impersonations as authorities and police officers, disconnections of cellular numbers by DoT or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) officers, and so forth.
“DoT and Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) have devised a system to identify and block such international spoofed calls from reaching any Indian telecom subscriber. Now directions have been issued to the TSPs for blocking such incoming international spoofed calls,” the assertion stated.
Incoming international spoofed calls with Indian landline numbers have been already being blocked by the TSPs, in accordance to the instructions issued by the DoT.
“Despite best efforts, there may still be some fraudsters who succeed through other means. For such calls, you can help everybody by reporting such suspected fraud communications at the Chakshu facility on Sanchar Saathi,” the assertion stated.
Last week, the DoT issued directives to telecom operators to perform instant re-verification of 6.8 lakh cellular numbers inside 60 days which can be suspected to have been obtained utilizing invalid, non-existent or pretend paperwork. The division has flagged round 6.80 lakh cellular connections as probably fraudulent after superior AI-driven evaluation.
