New Delhi, In a major crackdown on SMS scammers, the government has blacklisted eight 'key entities' behind the SMS headers that were used to send over 10,000 fraudulent messages in the last three months, according to an official release. I went.
It said that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has taken decisive action to protect citizens from potential SM frauds through the Sanchar Saathi initiative.
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C) under the Home Ministry provided information about the misuse of eight SMS headers to send fraudulent communications to commit cyber crimes.
It was noted that over 10,000 fraudulent messages were sent using these eight headers in the last three months. Eight major entities owning these eight SMS headers have been blacklisted."All 8 PEs have been blacklisted along with 73 SMS headers and 1522 SMS content templates owned by them. None of these principal entities, SMS headers or templates can now be used by any telecom operator for sending SMS. DoT has further banned these institutions and citizens may face possible harassment.
'Principal Entities' in telecom parlance means the business or legal entity sending commercial messages to telecom customers through SMS. HEAD means an alphanumeric string assigned to the 'head entity' for sending commercial communications.DoT has prevented potential harassment of citizens by blacklisting these entities, and reiterated its commitment to protect citizens against cyber crime.
"Citizens can report suspected fraudulent communications on Chaksh Suvidha Sanchar Saathi to help the DoT in preventing misuse of telecom resources for cyber crimes and financial frauds," the release said.
It warned that use of mobile numbers for telemarketing activities is not allowed.
If a consumer uses his telephone connection to send promotional messages his connection will be disconnected on the first complaint, and his name and address may be blacklisted for a period of two years.
Telemarketing calls can be identified by their prefixes: 180, 140, It states that 10-digit numbers are not allowed for telemarketing."To report spam, dial 1909 or use the DND (do not disturb) service," the release said.
It said that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has taken decisive action to protect citizens from potential SM frauds through the Sanchar Saathi initiative.
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C) under the Home Ministry provided information about the misuse of eight SMS headers to send fraudulent communications to commit cyber crimes.
It was noted that over 10,000 fraudulent messages were sent using these eight headers in the last three months. Eight major entities owning these eight SMS headers have been blacklisted."All 8 PEs have been blacklisted along with 73 SMS headers and 1522 SMS content templates owned by them. None of these principal entities, SMS headers or templates can now be used by any telecom operator for sending SMS. DoT has further banned these institutions and citizens may face possible harassment.
'Principal Entities' in telecom parlance means the business or legal entity sending commercial messages to telecom customers through SMS. HEAD means an alphanumeric string assigned to the 'head entity' for sending commercial communications.DoT has prevented potential harassment of citizens by blacklisting these entities, and reiterated its commitment to protect citizens against cyber crime.
"Citizens can report suspected fraudulent communications on Chaksh Suvidha Sanchar Saathi to help the DoT in preventing misuse of telecom resources for cyber crimes and financial frauds," the release said.
It warned that use of mobile numbers for telemarketing activities is not allowed.
If a consumer uses his telephone connection to send promotional messages his connection will be disconnected on the first complaint, and his name and address may be blacklisted for a period of two years.
Telemarketing calls can be identified by their prefixes: 180, 140, It states that 10-digit numbers are not allowed for telemarketing."To report spam, dial 1909 or use the DND (do not disturb) service," the release said.
