Preparation to curb fraud calls, verification required on SIM card, ban on bulk sale

New Delhi: The Central Government has taken two major decisions to prevent cyber fraud and for user protection. The government has made strict rules for the verification of SIM dealers. Dealers will now have to go through the process of Point of Sale registration. If franchisees and dealers are found involved in activities related to cyber fraud, they will be blacklisted for three years. Along with this, while addressing the press conference, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that a fine of Rs 10 lakh can also be imposed on such dealers. Vaishnav told that now the government is going to stop the connection in bulk and instead of that a system of business connection will be brought. To prevent fraud, 52 lakh mobile connections have been deactivated and 67,000 dealers have been blacklisted after the Sanchar Saathi portal was launched by the government in the past. Apart from this, 66 thousand such accounts have also been blocked by WhatsApp which were linked to fraudulent mobile numbers. 8 lakh bank/wallet accounts have also been frozen.

20% sim is misused
Ashwini Vaishnav said that 80 per cent of those who buy multiple SIMs do so for the right reasons. But 20 per cent of the SIMs are used for fraud calls and to do this SIM boxes have been used, in which multiple SIMs are inserted simultaneously through which fraud phone calls are made.
Government’s big step to stop cyber fraud, purchase of SIM in bulk stopped, dealer will have police verification
KYC of every sim will be necessary
New guidelines will come soon to fix accountability on SIM sellers on the basis of fraud documents. Along with this, KYC will have to be done in the business connection system that will be brought in place of bulk connection. That is, KYC of every SIM will be made necessary. Vaishnav said that the government is going to make digital verification necessary by scanning the QR code printed on the card to prevent misuse of Aadhaar card. Along with this, facial based biometric has also been allowed. 66 thousand WhatsApp accounts linked to fraud numbers have also been closed.
SIM card police verification mandatory, 10 lakh fine and jail for breaking the rules
How is the link of cyber fraud made?
For some time now the problem of cyber fraud and fraud calls had taken the form of an Pandemic. Indian WhatsApp users were getting calls from international numbers. Sanchar Saathi portal was launched in the month of May to combat spam calls and frauds. The government had also told at that time that it is talking to WhatsApp about this and all OTT platforms are ready to cooperate in this regard. The effect of which is now visible and such WhatsApp accounts have been closed. Actually, in the study done by the government, it has been revealed that the problem lies with the dealers. Most of the dealers do not do proper verification due to which the SIMs are easily available to the fraudsters. This creates a link to cyber fraud. The government claims that it is taking maximum strictness at the dealers’ level to break this chain.

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