Delhi Police signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Truecaller, a caller ID verification platform which helps the general public determine verified numbers, so as to curb cybercrime.
Truecaller helps customers to distance themselves from cyber frauds and scams relating to impersonation within the identify of others. Truecaller reveals a badge on particular numbers in accordance to options of the opposite customers.
According to officers, Truecaller will mark the telephone numbers furnished by the Delhi Police in opposition to whom it has acquired complaints relating to harassment, rip-off or different registered points.
With this MoU, Delhiites will probably be ready to shield themselves and alert them if these numbers stay energetic.
Earlier additionally, throughout the Covid pandemic, Truecaller had helped loads as a result of there have been plenty of scams and frauds reported on the pretext of promoting oxygen cylinders, concentrators, medicines and different necessities related to remedy of the virus.
“Now, MOU signed with Truecaller will educate our officers related to cybercrime frauds. Green badge and blue tick will provide in true caller and also government sevices badge will also be given following which they will verify all the official contact numbers of the Delhi Police,” Special Commissioner Sanjay Singh advised ANI.
“Since fraudsters have many times posed as officials of the force and extorted money from the public by displaying pictures of senior officers on their WhatsApp profile. This will help users identify verified numbers and protect them from frauds and scams relating to impersonation in the name of government officials.”
All verified numbers of Delhi Police may have a inexperienced badge and a blue tick mark, with a authorities service tag highlighting that it has been verified for customers.
“Through our collaboration with Delhi Police, we want to able to tackle impersonation…you will see now if any Delhi Police representative calls you there will be green badge or blue tick so that when you recivieng the call as a citizen you will know that you are talking to police office no body impersonating you as leading to frauds,” in accordance to Director Public Affairs Truecaller Pragya Misra.
