The government has taken a big step against SMS scammers by blacklisting eight ‘principal entities’ responsible for sending over 10,000 fake messages in the last three months, according to an official release. According to the release, the Department of Telecom, working with the Ministry of Home Affairs, under the Sanchar Saathi initiative had taken decisive actions to fight SMS fraud …
The government of India has been taking strict measures on cybercrime which has been growing like wildfire. The Department of Telecommunications received inputs from vigilant citizens regarding such fraud from 14 mobile numbers. ‘Chakshu’ facilitates citizens to report suspected fraud communication received over call, SMS, or WhatsApp to defraud like KYC expiry or update of bank account, sextortion, impersonation as …
