The new ‘International International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System’ Has Been Made Operational and In Just 24 Hours The System has identified and blocked about 1.35 crore calls as spoofed calls, the telecom department Said on Tuesday. Indian Telecom subscribers should see a significant reduction in
Communications minister jyotiraditya scindia launched the system in the presence of minister of state for communications and rural development pammasani chandra sekhar.
“Of Late, Cyber Criminals Have Been Committing Cyber Crimes by Making International Spoofed Calls Displaying Indian Mobile Numbers (+91-xxxxxxxx). Ally Being Made from Abroad by Manipulating The Calling Line Identity (Cli ) Or commonly known as phone number, “A release said.
These spoofed calls have been used for financial scams, impersonating government officials, and creating panic. There have also also been cases of cyber-crime threatening disconnection of Mobile Numbers By Dot/TRAI Officials, Fake digital arrests, drugs/narcotics in courier, impersonation as police officials, arrest in Sex Racket Among Other Incidents.
“Department of Communications (Dot) and Telecom Service (TSPS) have collableted and devised a system to identify and block such Incoming International Spoofed Calls from Reaching the Indian telecom subscribers.
“The System was made operational and it has been observed with Blocked by tsps from Reaching indian Telecom subscribers, “The release said.
It is pertinent to mention here that digital tools and Ai Are Being Misuned BLATANTLY by Online Scammers and Fraudsters to Dupe Unsuspecting Public. There are umpteen institutes of fraudsters nudging Victims to click on Malicious Links, or Using Deepfakes and Voice Cloning for Scams.
The sophisticated web of ai-posted decision makes it harder to spot Online scamsAnd fraudsters have been known to clone and mimic a person’s voice from even short audio clips nicked from video a person may have uploaded online.
Scammers then Leverage the AI-Coloned Voice to Pose as the person and demand money from friends and family.
At the same time, scammers are also using ‘Digital Arrest’ Modus Opendi, Where they place audio or video calls, Falsely Pose as Law Enforcement Officers, and Use OneLine Intimidation to Confine Vick Or extraction.
These elaborate and sophisticated scams involve cybercriminals using fake documents, replicating virtual courtes or police stations as a backdrop, to place Victims Under ‘Digital ArSte’.
Recently, SP Oswal, Chairman and Managing Director of Vardhman Group was defrauded of Rs. 7 Crore by a gang which posd as officials from Various Government Agency.
On Monday, Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal Speaking at NDTV World Summit Had Cited a Personal Anced A how a Senior Executive of the Company Stationed in Dubai Receives A Fraud Voice and tone and directed a large fund transfer.
The official who was vigilant and “sensible” immediatedly detected the fraud. Mittal admitted that when heard the Voice Recording Himself He was “stunned” as “it was perfectly articulated as I would spend”.
“And anyone who would not have ben vigilant may have done something about it,” Mittal Had Said and Warned That In Future Mise of Technology will enables to go ahead and use digital sign es on zoom calls to perpetrate such acts .
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