India Launches International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System

Reported by Tanay Singh Thakur October 23rd, 2024 at 03:06 pm

In the recent past, a release from the Ministry of Communications said that cybercriminals have been committing crimes by making international spoof calls displaying Indian numbers starting from +91.

Highlights

A new Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) logo was launched on October 22, 2024.
Jyotiraditya M Scindia also launched the International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System.
These spam calls have resulted in people losing their hard-earned money as it is easy for these imposters to scam the citizens by posing as government officials or banking personnel.

A new Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) logo was launched on October 22, 2024. However, on the very same day, the union telecom minister, Jyotiraditya M Scindia also launched the International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System. The launch was attended by Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Minister of State for Communications along with the Secretary Telecom and other senior officers. This is yet another effort from the Indian government to safeguard the customers/citizens from spam/spoof calls.

In the recent past, a release from the Ministry of Communications said that cybercriminals have been committing crimes by making international spoof calls displaying Indian numbers starting from +91. The person to whom this call is made believes that this is an Indian number, but in reality, the calls are made internationally and the numbers are manipulated by the fraudsters.

These spam calls have resulted in people losing their hard-earned money as it is easy for these imposters to scam the citizens by posing as government officials or banking personnel. In many cases, the scamsters scare consumers into thinking that their numbers will be disconnected by the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) or TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) for various reasons.

To safeguard Indian consumers from such spam or malicious calls, the Indian government has launched the International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System. As the system went live, within 24 hours, about 1.35 crore or 90% of all the incoming international calls with Indian phone numbers were identified as spoofed calls and blocked by the TSPs (telecom service providers) so that the calls couldn't reach the consumers. Bharti Airtel and BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) have also announced anti-spam technologies for their mobile networks and Airtel's network has already started identifying spam calls in real time and alerting customers.