Indian mobile phone users have received a warning from the government to "be cautious" about overseas scam calls. The Department of Telecommunications has issued a new post on X advising users to exercise caution and not to interact with calls that contain an international dialing code since these numbers are frequently deemed harmful.
Users should exercise care when receiving calls from numbers that begin with +77, +89, +85, +86, and +84, according to the DoT statement. Only the codes +86 and +84, which belong to china and Vietnam, respectively, are operational at the moment. The remaining codes are either unassigned or dummy. The government's telecom agency warned consumers that it "never" makes such calls and warned that some scam calls may contain persons posing as government representatives.
Users should report any calls or SMSs they receive from an unknown number using one of the previously stated dialing prefixes using Chakshu on the government's Sanchar Saathi portal. According to DoT, doing this would enable it to "block these numbers and protect others."
To reduce spam and other undesired material in SMSs, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of india (TRAI) is finalizing regulations on the traceability of commercial communications at the time of the warning. Due to several demands from the telecom firms, the new requirement, which was proposed earlier this year, has had many deadline delays. TRAI has again extended the deadline, which was originally set to take effect on october 28 and then november 30.
The extended deadline of december 11 gives telecom and telemarketing businesses more time to figure out how to provide one-time passwords (OTPs), which are also considered promotional messages, according to TRAI. Telecom businesses and commercial organizations have lobbied in favor of the most recent deadline extension, arguing that the mandate's execution will also affect OTP delivery.
Users should exercise care when receiving calls from numbers that begin with +77, +89, +85, +86, and +84, according to the DoT statement. Only the codes +86 and +84, which belong to china and Vietnam, respectively, are operational at the moment. The remaining codes are either unassigned or dummy. The government's telecom agency warned consumers that it "never" makes such calls and warned that some scam calls may contain persons posing as government representatives.
Users should report any calls or SMSs they receive from an unknown number using one of the previously stated dialing prefixes using Chakshu on the government's Sanchar Saathi portal. According to DoT, doing this would enable it to "block these numbers and protect others."
To reduce spam and other undesired material in SMSs, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of india (TRAI) is finalizing regulations on the traceability of commercial communications at the time of the warning. Due to several demands from the telecom firms, the new requirement, which was proposed earlier this year, has had many deadline delays. TRAI has again extended the deadline, which was originally set to take effect on october 28 and then november 30.
The extended deadline of december 11 gives telecom and telemarketing businesses more time to figure out how to provide one-time passwords (OTPs), which are also considered promotional messages, according to TRAI. Telecom businesses and commercial organizations have lobbied in favor of the most recent deadline extension, arguing that the mandate's execution will also affect OTP delivery.
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