Do not accept any incoming calls from TRAI and report it immediately .

Very recently, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of the Ministry of Communications gave to citizens an essential advisory that of recent, many individuals are getting defrauded through fake phone calls. A usual thing in the campaign is entailing the recordings of these calls and their threats that if the account is disconnected, mobile numbers will be misused. It is therefore of utmost significance that the public keeps watchful and vigilant even when they respond to such telephone calls symptomatic of scammers.

One of the notable facts which is stressed upon in the advisory is the increasing number of the WhatsApp calls, with the most of them being from foreign-origin numbers and usually the ones which start with +92. This basically impersonates government figures which are involved in scamming the people. These fraudulent callers are after personal data ownership or stimulate financial frauds instead facing exchange with polite, unsuspecting people.

Efficiency can be ensured through proactive reporting of cybercrimes, this is DoT’s main theme. Reichinig (“Chakshu – Is the Channel to Report Suspected Fraud Communications”) is a facility on the Sanchar Saathi portal. sancharsaathi. gov. in/sfc). This reporting procedure is a necessary element in eliminating economic crimes and dangers to the users of the telecommunications system through cybercrimes and financial scams.

Moreover, the DoT advises to the public to report fraudulent activities too, through the cyber-crime helpline number 1930 or use of the web link  www.cybercrime.gov.in them the care and guidance they need to recover financial losses wit they are we victims of any cybercrime or financial fraud. Through the constructive reporting of these incidents, people seek help and contribute, together to suppress cybercrime dangers.

In addition to this, The DoT has many ways of handling apprehend any fraudulent communication and combating cybercrime. The facilities of the CHAKSHU centre have so far identified 52 EFs which have been placed on the blacklist so that people may be protected from undesirable phishing and malicious text messages. On the top of it, the vigorous measures like disposal of 700 SMS counterparts and notifying 348 mobile handsets are pan-India basis indicates the seriousness of the government in the protection of telecom users.

In addition, DoT identified 10,834 mobile numbers suspected to belong to POMI holders for operators to re-verify and shut down 8272 mobile connections that defaulted the re-verification process by 30 April, 2024. Additionally, 1. The officials have recently confiscated about 86 lakh blacklisted mobile handsets all over the country that were involved in abuse of cyber space or finances, thus imposing severe punishment on cyber-frauds and other types of criminal activities in the telecom circle.

Frequent advisories on different platforms like press release, SMS alert, and social media links act as effective tools which help to fabricate the knowledge and understanding among the people regarding fake DoT/TRAI, suspected phone scams, and calls which are nameless. The data protection programs, protests and rallies held for this cause; combined with ongoing advocacy efforts in state legislatures, grassroots activism and awareness campaigns―have proved instrumental in empowering a lot of people to recognize potential threats, promptly report them, which helps keep cyberspace safer for everyone to use.