In order to tackle the menace of international spoofed calls from reaching Indian citizens, DoT has asked Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to block traffic from such international carriers, which are repeatedly sending spoofed CLI call traffic to India. Abiding by DoT’s instructions various Indian International Telecom Service Providers like Airtel, BSNL, RJIL etc have blocked more than 20 such carriers/aggregators who were handing over spoofed international calls.
In the fight against cyber-crime, citizens have also joined hands with DoT. They are not only exercising caution while receiving calls from unfamiliar international numbers, particularly those claiming to be government authorities, but are also reporting them to DoT though Sanchar Saathi mobile App and portal (www.sancharsaathi.gov.in). This is helping DoT to take action against such carriers/aggregators.
The recently launched Sanchar Saathi App has placed the convenience of reporting fraudulent calls at the fingertips of the citizens. It immensely enhances the ease of reporting any suspected fraud communications by allowing citizens to report such incidents directly from their mobile phone call logs. DoT is initiating action against fraudsters based on these reports.
