Government has issued directions to the telecom service providers (TSPs) for blocking of incoming international spoofed calls displaying Indian mobile numbers.
It has been reported that fraudsters are making international spoofed calls displaying Indian mobile numbers to Indian citizens and committing cyber-crime and financial frauds. These calls appear to be originating within India but being made by the cyber-criminals from abroad by manipulating the calling line identity (CLI). Such international spoofed calls have been misused in recent cases of fake digital arrests, FedEx scams, drugs/narcotics in courier, impersonation as government and police officials, disconnections of mobile numbers by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)/Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) officials, etc.
DoT and TSPs have devised a system to identify and block such incoming international spoofed calls from reaching any Indian telecom subscriber. Additionally, directions have been issued to the TSPs for blocking of such incoming international spoofed calls.
Furthermore, DoT has already taken many initiatives including Sanchar Saathi portal to protect telecom users.
