Fraud detection system saves Rs 2,500 Crore in public assets: Jyotiraditya Scindia

The technical system deployed by the government is blocking 1.35 crore fraud calls daily and has helped save people’s assets worth Rs 2,500 crore till date, Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia said.

The minister, in an interview with PTI, said most of the spam calls originate from servers outside the country, and the systems have been able to block the majority of such fraudulent calls.

“In terms of the number of marketing calls you get in your phone, the number of fraud calls that come in, we have put in place a full system to be able to tackle that.