{"id":23783,"date":"2024-05-30T09:08:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T03:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23783"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:57:32","slug":"new-system-to-identify-scamfraud-callse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-system-to-identify-scamfraud-callse\/","title":{"rendered":"New System to Identify Scam\/Fraud Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About New System to Identify Scam\/Fraud Calls:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dedicated Phone Number Series<\/strong>: The DoT has allocated a <strong>dedicated 10-digit numbering<\/strong> series <strong>starting with 160 for service and transactional calls<\/strong> made <strong>by the government, regulators, and financial entities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These 10-digit numbers will <strong>include additional information to<\/strong> help you <strong>recognize the caller.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The 10-digit number series has been designed by the DoT in such a manner that citizens will <strong>get an idea about calling entities<\/strong> as well as the <strong>telecom operator<\/strong> and the <strong>place from<\/strong> where it has originated.<\/li>\n<li>This new system aims to give you more information about incoming calls, empowering you to identify potential scams.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incoming calls from banks, government departments to display 160 Prefix:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The 10-digit number will have a <strong>160 prefix<\/strong> and will be issued in <strong>1600ABCXXX format for government<\/strong>, <strong>financial institutions, and telecom regulators<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>AB<\/strong> will show the <strong>code of the telecom circle,<\/strong> like 11 for Delhi and 22 for Mumbai.<\/li>\n<li>While the <strong>digit at C<\/strong> place will show the <strong>code of the telecom operator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The XXX will be digits between 000-999.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Numbers for financial institutions to be issued in 1601ABCXXX format:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>For <strong>financial entities regulated by the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/reserve-bank-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">RBI<\/a><strong>,<\/strong> Securities and Exchange Board of India (<strong>SEBI<\/strong>), <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pfrda\/\" target=\"_blank\">PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/insurance-regulatory-and-development-authority-of-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)<\/a>, the 10-digit number will be issued in 1601ABCXXX format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Verification and Transparency:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Telecom service providers<\/strong> (TSPs) are <strong>responsiblefor verifying each entityrequesting a 160 series<\/strong> number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They will <strong>also obtain a commitment<\/strong> that the <strong>number will only be used for legitimate service<\/strong> and transactional calls.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is a Telecom service provider (TSP)?<\/h3>\n<p>A TSP is a type of communications service provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes incumbent local exchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, and mobile wireless communication companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesnownews.com\/technology-science\/telecom-industry-introduces-new-system-to-identify-scam\/fraud-calls-heres-how-it-works-article-110528303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telecom Ministry Introduces New System To Identify Scam\/Fraud Calls; Here&#8217;s How It Works<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Telecom (DoT) has allocated a dedicated 10-digit numbering series starting with 160 for service and transactional calls made by the government, regulators, and financial entities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}