Govt advises against calls threatening disconnection of mobile services

The Government has advised everyone not to share any personal information if receiving calls threatening disconnection. Department of Telecommunications yesterday issued a public advisory on malicious calls.

It said, the Department does not communicate disconnection warnings through phone calls and any such call should be treated as suspicious.
  
The Department of Telecommunications is the nodal agency for formulating policies and regulatory frameworks for the telecommunications sector in the country.

The Communications Ministry said, the Department has alerted citizens about a surge in malicious calls claiming that mobile numbers will be disconnected within two hours. It said, these calls are fraudulent attempts to deceive and potentially exploit individuals.