Published Mar 30, 2024 at 6:43 PM IST
Calls warning 'action against misuse' on a rise
With an increasing number of unscrupulous phone calls being received by mobile phone subscribers, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued an advisory underlining that phone calls are being received where callers identify themselves as government officials, threatening subscribers of mobile disconnections of what they call as "action against misuse". While the DoT advisory has come as a wake-up call for mobile phone subscribers, its cybercrime prevention measures are already operational.