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New rules for buying SIM: To prevent unwanted calls and cyber fraud, the Department of Telecommunications has changed the guidelines for bulk sale of SIM cards. Earlier, new bulk SIMs could be issued through retailers, but now only telecom companies will be allowed to issue such connections. This will help a lot in preventing cyber fraud and unwanted calls.
According to the new rule, the company will issue only 100 SIM cards at a time. SIM cards will not be issued for machine to machine communication. Before issuing a new SIM, the company will first have to do physical verification of the buyer's address. Apart from this, the company that will issue the SIM card will have to take an affidavit from the customer that these SIM cards will not be misused.
New number series released
The Department of Telecommunications and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) have jointly released a new mobile number series. Under this, promotional voice calling messages will come from the 140 number mobile series, while financial transactions and service voice calls will come from the 160 number series.
It is expected that in the coming days, these number series will be implemented across the country by telecom operators Jio, Airtel and Vodafone-Idea, after which promotional and banking messages will be issued from these two mobile number series. This will enable customers to identify which are promotional and banking messages. The government believes that this will help prevent mobile fraud.
India flooded with phishing messages
According to the report, India is flooded with fake and promotional calls and messages. Every mobile user receives about 20 to 25 promotional calls and messages in a day. According to statistics, hundreds of phishing messages are sent to mobile customers every month in India. Every month one in every 12 people falls victim to phishing. About 3,00,000 people fall victim to fraud, but only 35,000-45,000 people report these incidents.
