Govt warns subscribers against unfamiliar international calls

The government has warned telecom subscribers against unfamiliar international calls and also asked mobile service providers to tag such calls for awareness of their customers, an official statement said on Tuesday. The Department of Telecom said that within 24 hours of launching ‘International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System’ on October 22, about 1.35 crore or 90 per cent of all the incoming international calls with tempered Indian phone numbers were identified as spoofed calls and blocked by telecom service providers (TSPs) from reaching Indian telecom subscribers.