Telecom Department Order Operators to Play Cybercrime Awareness Caller Tune 8 10 Times a Day for Three Months

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecom operators including Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) to run cyber crime awareness caller tunes 8-10 times daily for three months. This initiative by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Center (I4C) aims to curb the rise in cyber fraud across India. The messages warn users about scams such as “digital arrest”, where fraudsters pose as government officials to swindle money. These pre-call announcements or ringback tones will be changed every week. This directive, implemented immediately, is part of DoT’s efforts to increase awareness and protect customers with a focus on being vigilant against cyber crimes.

DoT has instructed all the telecom operators present in the country to play a special caller tune 8-10 times daily to make their callers aware about cyber crime. It is an initiative of the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center (I4C). In the last few months, incidents of cyber crime are increasing rapidly, one of the major frauds is taking place in the form of digital arrest. Keeping this in mind, the agency has created a special caller tune for telecom operators, which will be updated from time to time.

These pre-call announcements or ringback tones will be updated every week. DoT has directed all telecom operators including Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea to play these caller tunes 8-10 times per day for the next three months. TOI’s according toThe message starts with “Be careful, if you get calls from unknown numbers from police, judge or CBI…” DoT says that users will be given a different caller tune every week for three months.

Recently the agency had reported that to deal with such scams, the government and telecom operators are implementing a system to identify and block international calls that impersonate Indian numbers. The government has recently taken action to block fraudulent SIM cards and devices. As of November 15, more than 6.69 lakh SIM cards and 1.32 lakh IMEIs (International Mobile Equipment Identity) were blocked, as reported by the police.