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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India has tightened rules around verification requirements for customers seeking mobile phone numbers and for point of sale (PoS) entities appointed by telecom operators. This is to curb fraud and phishing activities. Telecom operators will have to verify and register each PoS entity before they can start enrolling customers. The PoS entity will also need to be authenticated using biometrics, such as Aadhaar based e-KYC. Violation of the rules will r...

Going by the new rules, all SIM card vendors will have to complete police and biometric verification, along with mandatory registration. The verification will be carried out by the telecom operator.

Phone caller had sent retired cop a link on the mobile phone asking him to click on it to pay the activation charge