How to spot a scam call without using a Caller ID App?

In a recent move to rise related to rising call-related scams, the Indian government has mandated that all official calls from banks will now start with the prefix ‘160’. This significant change has been designed to help citizens identify genuine calls from banks and financial institutions- without any need for a caller ID tracking application. All Bank calls in India start from 160: A new standard for Bank calls To combat the growing wave of fake and fraud calls impersonating police officials, bank officials or more, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in partnership with major banks, have come up with the rule of prefixing 160. We all have been reading, listening and watching news related to deepfake videos, fake drug scams, urgent money transfer calls, sex racket scam calls, and more- which is certainly a spike and it is majorly using the database targeting the bank customers. The introduction of the ‘160’ prefix is expected to be a game-changer, helping customers easily differentiate between legitimate bank calls and potential scams.