Govt Plans To Hunt Spammers, Voice Phishing Via New Platform
The Communications Ministry on February 15 released a statement promising measures to bust spam and financial frauds done through phone calls and text messages. The ministry is working on platform for facilitating reportage of such frauds. Setting up of a new Data Intelligence Unit to aid coordination between all stakeholders in enforcement is also on the chart. The move is linked to the government’s plan to curtail telecom Vishing in… read-more
Tags: Department Of Telecommunications, Spam calls, Law Enforcement Agencies, Data Intelligence Units, Jamtara, Mewat
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
Truecaller's New Feature To Inform Users About Reason Of Call
Truecaller has introduced three new features - 'Call Reason', 'Release SMS scheduling’ and 'Message Translation’ - in its latest update on October 21. Benefitting both the sender and the receiver, 'Call Reason' will allow the former to convey objective of the call while enabling the latter to check what the call is about: Business, personal or emergency. The feature aims to assist receivers in prioritising the calls, and help callers to… read-more
Tags: Spam calls, Caller Identification, truecaller, Telecom
Courtesy: Brifly Exclusive