New Delhi, May 23
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has identified approximately 6.80 lakh mobile numbers suspected to have been obtained using invalid, non-existent, forged proof of identity and address.
The DoT has asked telecom service providers to carry out immediate re-verification of these identified mobile numbers within 60 days.
“Failure to complete re-verification will result in the disconnection of the identified mobile numbers,” the DoT said on Wednesday. The identification of suspected fraudulent connections — was done using an advanced artificial intelligence-driven analysis. About 372 mobile phone handsets linked to these numbers were blocked on pan-India basis on May 21 and 906 connections were suspended.
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