Government sets up Digital Intelligence Unit to deal with pesky calls, mobile frauds
Recently, Telecom Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad chaired a high-level meeting to address the rising concerns of financial frauds, unsolicited messages. As a result, a Nodal agency, named Digital Intelligence Unit (DIU) will be set up, which will coordinate with various LEAs, Financial Institutions, and telecom service providers in investigating any fraudulent activity involving telecom resources.
At the License Service Area level, Telecom Analytics for Fraud Management and Consumer Protection (TAFCOP) system will also be created.
In the meeting, the Minister of Communication directed the officials to take strict action against the telemarketers and individuals involved in the harassment of telecom subscribers.
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Feb 16, 2021, 14:25 PM IST
New Delhi: In a bid to crack down on tele financial frauds and pesky calls, Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Communications and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad chaired a high level meeting.
The objective of the government is to address the rising concern and irritation of consumers over Unsolicited Messages on mobile phones, repeated harassment through SMS, promising fraudulent loan transactions and above all make digital transaction safe and secure.
In the meeting, Minister of Communication directed the officials to take strict action against erring telemarketers and individuals involved in harassment of telecom subscribers. The method of harassment includes unsolicited commercial messages or calls. Further, the Minster observed that telecom resources are also being used to carry out financial frauds and dupe the common man of his hard-earned money.Clear directions were issued to the officials to take strict and tangible actio
Centre tightens noose to curb financial frauds & unsolicited messages using telecom platforms
New Delhi, Feb 15 (UNI) With an aim to make digital transactions secure, reliable and trustworthy, the Centre has tightened noose to prevent financials frauds like in Jamtara in Jharkhand and Mewat in Haryana wherein fraudulent activities has been done using telecom platform.
A high level meeting chaired by the Union Minister for Information Technology and Communication Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday asked the officials to take strict action against erring telemarketers and individuals involved in harassment of telecom subscribers with a clear directions of taking strict and tangible action to stop such activities immediately especially to the telecom resources being used to carry out financial frauds and dupe the common man of his hard-earned money.
Published: February 16, 2021 2:07 PM IST
In a bid to curve mobile frauds and pesky calls, the Government of India has decided to impose penalty on the tele-marketers including disconnection of resources in case of ‘repeated violations.’ Also Read - TRAI s new SMS regulations will prevent spam, fraudulent messages: Here s how
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