Be careful of calls to block or update your SIM card!!!
Be careful of calls to block or update your SIM card!!!
Cyber thugs have been cheating people for the past few days by calling or sending messages on behalf of TRAI, threatening to block their SIM card or by giving the false promise of upgrading from 4G to 5G. Hundreds of cases of such fraud have been registered on the cyber fraud portal in the last few days.
Cyber thugs call and scare consumers that their SIM card is going to be blocked within two hours. On the other hand, they also give false promises of updating the SIM card from 4G to 5g online. Such messages or calls are being sent to people in the name of TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) and they are cheating them.
Do not follow the instructions of the fraudsters
Be careful when you get such calls and do not follow any instructions of the fraudsters, because such calls are not made by TRAI but by fraudsters. TRAI has made it clear that they do not make any kind of call to mobile holders. If you get such a call, you can lodge a complaint in the nearest police station or cyber cell.
delhi businessman becomes victim of fraud
Jaspinder Singh Sachdeva of delhi became the victim of such a fraud, when he was sitting in his office in Okhla, he received a call on his mobile in the name of a telecom company. In which he was told that "we will convert your 4G SIM to 5G." The caller asked him to go to the app. After which he was asked to switch off the mobile and turn it on to update the SIM. When Jaspinder Singh Sachdeva switched on his phone, he found out that Rs 75,000 had been withdrawn from his bank account. On which he immediately registered a case in the cyber cell of delhi Police. However, even after 10 days, no action has been taken in this matter by the police