Next
time if you get a missed call starting with +92; #90 or #09, don't show
the courtesy of calling back because chances are it would
lead to your SIM card being cloned. The telecom service providers are
now issuing alerts to subscribers -particularly about the series
mentioned above as the moment one press the call button after dialing
the above number, someone at the other end will get your phone and SIM
card cloned.
According
to reports, more than one lakh subscribers have fallen prey to this new
telecom terror attack as the frequency of such calls continues to grow.
Intelligence agencies have reportedly confirmed to the service
providers particularly in UP West telecom division that such a racket is
not only under way but the menace is growing fast. "We are sure there
must be some more similar combinations that the miscreants are using to
clone the handsets and all the information stored in them," an
intelligence officer told TOI.
General
Manager (GM) BSNL, RV Verma, said the department had already issued
alerts to all the broadband subscribers and now alert SMSes were being
issued to other subscribers as well.
As
per Rakshit Tandon, an IT expert who also teaches at the police academy
(UP), the crooks can use other combination of numbers as well while
making a call. "It is better not to respond to calls received from
unusual calling numbers," says Tandon. "At the same time one should
avoid storing specifics of their bank account, ATM/ Credit/Debit card
numbers and passwords in their phone memory because if one falls a prey
to such crooks then the moment your cell phone or sim are cloned, the
data will be available to the crooks who can withdraw amount from your
bank accounts as well," warns Punit Misra; an IT expert who also owns a
consultancy in Lucknow.
Source : Economic Times
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