SIM Purchasing Rules: One out of every 12 people falls prey to phishing every month. About 3,00,000 people fall victim to fraud, but only 35,000-45,000 report these incidents.
SIM Purchasing New Rules: To prevent unwanted calls and cyber fraud, the Telecom Department has changed the guidelines for bulk sale of SIM cards. Earlier new bulk SIMs could be issued through retailers, but now only the telecom company will be allowed to issue such connections. This will be of great help in preventing cyber fraud and unwanted calls.
According to the new rule, the company will issue only 100 SIM cards at a time. SIM card will not be issued for machine to machine communication. Before issuing a new SIM, the company will first have to do physical verification of the address of the buyer. Apart from this, the company which will issue the SIM cards will have to take an affidavit from the customer that these SIM cards will not be misused.
New number series released
The Department of Telecommunications and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India i.e. TRAI have jointly released a new mobile number series. Under this, promotional voice calling messages will come from the 140 mobile number series, while financial transactions and service voice calls will come from the 160 number series.
It is expected that in the coming days, these number series will be implemented across the country by telecom operators Jio, Airtel and Vodafone-Idea, after which promotional and banking messages will be issued from these two mobile number series. With this, customers will be able to identify which are the promotional and banking messages. The government believes that this will help in stopping mobile fraud.
Flood of phishing messages in India
According to the report, there has been a flood of fake and promotional calls and messages in India. Every mobile user receives about 20 to 25 promotional calls and messages a day. According to statistics, hundreds of phishing messages are sent every month to mobile customers in India. One out of every 12 people falls prey to phishing every month. About 3,00,000 people fall victim to fraud, but only 35,000-45,000 report these incidents.
