Enforce rules to check SMS fraud or face legal action, Delhi HC tells TRAI
Delhi High Court's order has been welcomed by the digital payments industry, as insufficient supervision had let the scamsters send fake messages under duplicate headers
- Feb 4, 2021,
- Updated Feb 4, 2021 6:03 PM IST
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), on Wednesday, February 4, was directed by Delhi High Court to ensure that telecom companies strictly enforce rules to check the use of fake SMS headers by fraudsters to cheat customers
The order has been welcomed by the digital payments industry, as insufficient supervision had let the scamsters send fake messages under duplicate headers.
SMS headers are unique IDs via which commercial messages are sent to mobile users. Directing TRAI, a two-member bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said loose implementation of the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulation, 2018 (TCCCPR) could result in legal action, The Economic Times reported.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), on Wednesday, February 4, was directed by Delhi High Court to ensure that telecom companies strictly enforce rules to check the use of fake SMS headers by fraudsters to cheat customers
The order has been welcomed by the digital payments industry, as insufficient supervision had let the scamsters send fake messages under duplicate headers.
SMS headers are unique IDs via which commercial messages are sent to mobile users. Directing TRAI, a two-member bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said loose implementation of the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulation, 2018 (TCCCPR) could result in legal action, The Economic Times reported.