New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications has initiated targeted actions to protect citizens against fraudulent activities involving mobile numbers in electricity KYC update scams. Accordingly, DoT leveraged the Chakshu portal for reporting and analyzing fraudulent activities. As a result, 392 mobile handsets misused in cybercrime, financial frauds as well as re-verification of 31,740 mobile connections linked to these mobile handsets.
Chaksh’ facilitates citizens to report suspected fraud communication received over call, SMS, or WhatsApp with the intention of defrauding. These include KYC expiry or update of bank account/payment wallet/SIM/gas,connection/electricity connection, sextortion, impersonation as government official/relative for sending money, disconnection of all mobile numbers by the DoT.
