WhatsApp fraud calls will no longer come from foreign numbers Government and company both in action

WhatsApp is going to take big action. It will block all such accounts which are being used for fraud calls. Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav gave this information in a program on Tuesday. WhatsApp users are facing problems for the last several days. People are receiving calls, messages from numbers starting with digits like +1 (217), +62 or +232. In most of the cases, the purpose of calls coming from such numbers is to defraud people. Recently, complaints had also reached the government that the number of fraud calls on WhatsApp has increased.

Seeing the increasing complaints, the government also became active. Recently, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar had said that his ministry will send a notice to WhatsApp on the problem of calls coming from unknown international numbers. He said that it is the responsibility of digital platforms to ensure the security of users.

“We have actively engaged with WhatsApp, and they have agreed that customer safety is important. All the OTT platforms have also cooperated and agreed to deregister the users who have been detected as fraud… WhatsApp has agreed that if a fraudulent connection is found , then the… pic.twitter.com/oguWbXqitF

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In a program on Tuesday, Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the government has talked to WhatsApp about this. All necessary steps will be taken for the safety of users. He said that the instant messaging platform is ready to deregister those numbers which are being used for fraud. The minister also said that she is also talking to other messaging platforms including Telegram to remove such numbers.

In the last few days, WhatsApp users in the country have been receiving international spam calls. Many users had complained about this on social media platforms like Twitter. Unacadmey’s co-founder Gaurav Munjal had also tweeted saying what is happening on WhatsApp, so much spam. At the same time, WhatsApp has said in its statement that we are grateful for the minister’s acceptance of WhatsApp’s commitment for user safety.