The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a public advisory encouraging citizens to report unsolicited commercial communications (UCC), commonly known as spam calls and SMS, directly through the official TRAI DND App. The authority highlighted that merely blocking numbers on personal devices is an ineffective measure, as it fails to address the issue at its source. Continue reading “TRAI Advisory: Block ineffective, Report spam via DND app”
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has announced that it has disconnected approximately 1.75 lakh Direct Inward Dialing (DID)/landline telephone numbers that were found to be involved in unauthorized promotional activities and illegal activities.
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Truecaller has unveiled its inaugural monthly U.S. Spam and Scam Report. This comprehensive report, compiled from November 2022 to October 2023, provides a detailed analysis of fraudulent call trends in the United States.
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Many readers might be users of Truecaller or similar services that allow users to identify and block spam calls. However, if you are the user of a Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge, you may no longer have to rely on a 3rd party app to do so.
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