Tag: India
Success and Failure in Scam Reduction: Comparing Data from Australia, India, Singapore, the UK and the USA
This 15-minute video is a reworking of content presented at the Comms Council UK Fraud Summit.
SIM Binding Followed by a 30% Reduction in Abusive WhatsApp Accounts
Telcos will benefit if online services have to be authenticated repeatedly but some decision-makers will struggle to see the connections.
WhatsApp, Telegram and Snapchat Have 2 Months to Comply with New Indian SIM Binding Rule
Spammers and scammers use SIMs and simboxes to make huge numbers of online communication accounts. India's government and telcos are standing up to US internet firms like Meta which benefit from this abuse.
What Mainstream Media Treats as News vs. Real News about Bad Actors Exploiting the Comms Sector
Scammers are winning for lots of reasons, but one of the reasons is that anti-scam policies are influenced by cherrypicked pseudo-statistics instead of transparent objective robust data.
WhatsApp Bans Surge Higher in India
31 million WhatsApp accounts associated with Indian phone numbers were banned during the first quarter of 2025.
WhatsApp Banned 92 Million Indian Accounts Last Year
The rising number of bans may be due to spammers and scammers shifting their focus away from traditional telecom services.
Indian Regulator Demands More Phone Honeypots; Toughens Controls on Spam and Scams
Telcos are obliged to implement a raft of additional protections against spam and scams per TRAI's new rules on unsolicited communications.
Big Indian Telcos Trial Indigenous SMS Spam Blocker
India's distinctive approach to telco consumer protection makes considerable use of home-grown technologies and public-private partnerships.
Police Find SMS Blaster That Sent a Million Smishing Messages in 3 Days
Also in the news: Indian minister reports success with coordinated blocking of spoofed mobile numbers; Danish Navy detains Chinese ship after Baltic submarine cables were cut; SIM swap syndicate busted in South Africa; and what an AI grandma tells us about confused priorities.
India’s Communications Minister Heralds Success of Sharing Roaming Data to Block Inbound International Calls That Spoof Domestic Numbers
The country implemented its Centralized International Out Roamer (CIOR) system in July 2024.
What to Do about Racist Texts?
A big story about racist SMS messages sent to black Americans needs to be seen in the context of other pressures upon the way society uses communication technology.
The Abuse of Global Title: The World Is Bigger Than You Think
Everybody should support the GSMA code seeking to reduce the abuse of Global Title, but very few have. The abuse of Global Title represents the tip of an international iceberg of corruption stretching from the oppression of journalists in Cambodia to state-sanctioned surveillance in Chile.
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The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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