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DMy father got a call , when he picked it up it was from mumbai colaba police station , the police said that someone has used my father’s aadhar card number to buy sim and now from that number that guy is texting to people .
The thing is I think they are trying to scam him because the name of P R O is neha sharma which is a very fishy name used by scammers . They are calling him to mumbai we live in nagpur . My father weekly travels to mumbai so idk what’s happening , I’m just very scared that what is happening, please help me what should we do ? -
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RPlease visit TAFCOP website –
https://tafcop.sancharsaathi.gov.in/telecomUser/Enter your dad’s number, the captcha and OTP.
You should see all then numbers registered in your dad’s name.
This should give you a clear picture of what’s happening.
Search for the number they called from on Google, also the police will never call from their phone. Nor will they intimate someone like this in an active investigation.
They will first deal with their local counterparts in Nagpur and ensure your address is visited.
This is a scam.
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MIs the information provided in this site accurate? I lost one of my sim and didn’t bother to close the number but it’s not showing here. It’s been more than a year since this happened
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RSince it’s been more than a year, the number may have been reassigned to someone else. And thus won’t show up.
I have some older connection of my family, that are on my name, that don’t show up at all.
But any new connection, recent ones (in the past 2 years) show up pretty quickly.
I got a JIO sim for my tablet a couple months ago, and I just checked and it’s there.
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IHow does this work…
You have a number, you enter the number
The site will say aah this is your number, how will it know that your name is tied to another number…?
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RThat’s TAFCOP or _Telecom Analytics for Fraud Management and Consumer Protection_
It is a government portal, managed by the Department of Telecom
So when you enter your number, you’re supposed to also enter the OTP to confirm your number.
The system then detects the Aadhaar in the backend and every other number registered under that Aadhaar is shown (with some obfuscation).
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C> The system then detects the Aadhaar in the backend and every other number registered under that Aadhaar is shown
Sorry but this isn’t working for me. I have a primary number (for 15+ yrs) which is linked to my aadhar. Based on my aadhar, I got a secondary number around 6-7 yrs ago. When I login to the website you linked using either of the numbers, the other number is not displayed.
Kind of a neat idea on paper, but it either isn’t working as intended, or still needs updation of data.
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RThis is purely conjecture, but there seems to be a disconnect because your primary number isn’t Aadhaar authenticated with the provider.
So when you login with your primary number, it doesn’t have an Aadhaar attached to it, so it’s unable to discover your second number.
When you login with your secondary number, your first one doesn’t show up because it doesn’t fall in the same Aadhaar bracket.
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CYeah you may be right about my primary number not being Aadhaar authenticated with the provider.
But my primary number is linked to my aadhar, and I always receive aadharOTP on my primary number without any issues, so I don’t know what additional authentication they require from the provider.
I still think that logging into the website with the number linked to an aadhar should ideally list all the other numbers obtained using that aadhar. That’s literally what we’re trying to do here, aren’t we? Trying to find if someone else used my aadhar card to obtain a number without my knowledge?
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RI understand your point. The reason for this could be that the TAFCOP system works with carrier data only. Not the Aadhaar biometric data.
So when different service providers share the UIDAI number on record, the system merges the databases and runs a search for all the phone numbers with the same Aadhaar on record to form a cluster.
This data changes everyday with thousands of disconnections, reconnections and new connection across the country.
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Linking with just the Aadhaar database could prove counter-productive. Because it’s not uncommon for Aadhaar of young children to be on their parent’s phones. Nor is it uncommon for ageing, illiterate folks to have their kids’ secondary number as the base number on Aadhaar.
It’s also not uncommon for children to have numbers from their teenage in the name of their parents. And then not changing the names well into adulthood.
So their phones are their primary number for all Aadhaar OTP, but according to the carrier – their phones are in their dad/mom/elder sibling’s name.
This would prove to be a conflict in the database.
Also, sooner or later every number will go through some sort of reverification. Either for replacing damaged sim cards, lost sim cards, conversion to esims, upgrading sims etc.
So this disparity will gradually disappear.
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DGuys he video called my father and when in the background I shouted ‘scam aahe he’ he started abusing me
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RJust visit the sanchar sathi website and put a number registered with your dad’s aadhar and put otp and Captcha. You will get a list of all the numbers registered with your dad’s name. If you find an unknown number, then maybe look into this. Otherwise, it’s a scam. BTW, you can simply de reigister that number from the list as well.
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Dbhai i called him from my number and usko maa bheno ki gaali dena chalu kardiya toh usne block kardiya , abb papa judge karre hai ;(
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PI hate this thing, when literally your own son/daughter is trying to help you, you start judging. Kya generation Hai yrrr… Sach me… they happily walk into scamsters traps just coz they sound respected/respectful/sweet/threatening etc. Easy to manipulate by everyone except their own children’s catious attitude.
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SIt’s a scam don’t answer any calls. Still, if you have any doubts visit your local police station and consult and update them.
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NIt’s a scam. My father had the same call saying there is some complain against him in Delhi police. He said to the scammer, when a warrant is issued come to take me at my native place. You might get the warrant as well soon. And then the person cut the call. Just ask your father not to panic and be nonchalant about it. It’s a SCAM
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LThat sounds really scary, and it’s good that you’re being alert , many scams do happen in the name of the police. Please don’t let your father go anywhere without verifying everything. Call the official Mumbai Colaba Police Station number (not the one that called you), and report the incident. Also file a complaint with your local police in Nagpur.
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BLooks like a SCAM
Only Aadhar card no cannot get you SIM
person at mobile shop does your BioMetric too and only after its successful; application is accepted
experts can correct me If that procedure is changed or modified recently
Police do not call and reveal info; they always ask you to visit respective police station
informing you there is a complaint against you or so on
then you can always go to Mumbai police website and verify said persons credentials
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I feel some of these fraudulent recovery agencies too are involved in providing people mobile numbers
RBI DP twitter/X scam is enough to take such suspicion’s
Strange thing is Indian Government is not having a very rapid action Cyber Cell to curb scamsters as early as possible
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