WhatsApp But the cases of spam calls and fraud have increased a lot in the recent past. Scammers are now targeting WhatsApp users using international numbers. The Government of India has now hardened its stand on this matter. Recently it was reported that the government has asked WhatsApp to crack down on accounts that are running from fake numbers. At the same time, now the Department of telecommunications (DoT) has suggested the instant messaging app owned by Meta to make SIM card mandatory for using WhatsApp on the phone.
In the latest report of Financialexpress, it has been informed that WhatsApp may soon make ‘SIM card’ mandatory on its platform to prevent cases of increasing spam and fraud calls. Simply put, in the coming time, it will be necessary to have a SIM card to use WhatsApp in any mobile phone. Without sim card you will not be able to use whatsapp in phone. It has been told in the report that this suggestion has been given by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to the Meta-owned app Whatsapp.
Let us tell you, till now WhatsApp can be verified and logged in with any one number. Even if you remove the SIM card from the phone after the verification process is complete, you can still enjoy WhatsApp messaging and calling.
Strictness of the government – WhatsApp accounts with fraud numbers closed
Recently Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had informed that about 36 lakh WhatsApp accounts have been blocked in India. All these accounts were being run from fake numbers. Meanwhile, he said that he has an understanding with WhatsApp that if any mobile phone number is found to be involved in forgery, that account will be deactivated. Apart from this, he also told that he is constantly talking to WhatsApp and WhatsApp is also very active regarding the security of the users. WhatsApp considers customer safety very important. In this regard, DoT has now suggested WhatsApp to make SIM card mandatory.
Fraud calls to users coming from international numbers
Many people on the social media platform have complained that they have been receiving scam calls on WhatsApp for some time now. The special thing is that these spam calls are not coming from random numbers but from international numbers like +84 (code for Vietnam), +62 (country code for Indonesia) and +223 (code for Mali). Experts related to cyber security say that such international numbers are easily bought.
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