BSNL warns users about SMS frauds, asks not to give out personal information
BSNL issued a notice alerting its users about recent SMS frauds and noted that the telco is not asking for any personal information or KYC details of users through SMS.
Yasmin Ahmed | March 10, 2021 | Updated 18:46 IST
Highlights
BSNL has warned its users not to give out personal information through SMS, as it could be part of SMS fraud.
BSNL then noted that the fraudsters are using KYC details through SMS to withdraw money from a customers bank account, through SMS.
SMS headers or senders ID is a combination of six characters that represent the company name of the message sender.