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Mobile scams can now be reported on the Chakshu platform
The Department of Telecom in India has launched portal to report cyber crime of all nature and the motion was taken foundation one of many complaints.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which comes underneath the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology on Tuesday stated that it disconnected a number of cellular numbers and blocked 20 cellular handsets for misuse in cybercrime and monetary fraud.
In a publish on X, the division wrote a number of cellular numbers are disconnected, and “20 associated mobile handsets have been blocked for misuse in cybercrime/Financial Fraud”.
This comes after a Bengaluru-based entrepreneur Aditi Chopra shared a few complicated monetary rip-off on X. She virtually fell sufferer to a effectively-deliberate fraud that merely makes use of cleverly constructed SMS to generate confusion and, in the end, steal cash.
Tagging her publish, the DoT requested folks to right away report suspected fraud to Chakshu (a platform for reporting fraud calls and texts) in the event that they observe such incidents.
In March, the telecom division issued an advisory to residents about calls impersonating DoT, threatening folks to disconnect their cellular numbers.
Calls are being obtained by the residents whereby callers, within the identify of DoT, are threatening that every one of their cellular numbers could be disconnected or their cellular numbers are being misused in some unlawful actions, the division has stated.
It additionally issued an advisory about WhatsApp calls from overseas-origin cellular numbers (like +92) impersonating authorities officers and duping the folks.
