WhatsApp Spam Calls: A large number of people around the world use WhatsApp. Nowadays many fake calls are being seen on the app. In such a situation, it has become a matter of concern regarding the security of the users. Cyber criminals or hackers make fake calls to people by posing as fake government officers, but now there is no need to panic. Actually, now you can complain about these fake calls and get the people calling or sending messages to jail.
Due to increasing cases of fake calls and messages on WhatsApp, many times people have to suffer losses. Now a government portal can help you to deal with these things. The Telecom Department has launched a government portal ‘Chakshu’ to deal with cyber fraud. By going here you can complain about fraud calls and messages.
Chakshu is a platform where you can register a complaint about suspicious fraud messages or calls or spam calls and messages coming on WhatsApp. These include spam calls and messages related to bank account, payment wallet, gas connection, electricity connection, sextortion, KYC update.
How to complain online
You can complain online against fake calls and messages of WhatsApp in this way.
- For this, first of all you have to go to the official website of Sancharsaathi (https://sancharsaathi.gov.in/)
- By going to this website you will have to click on the option of Citizen Centric Services.
- Here you have to go to Report Suspected Fraud Communication and click on it.
- After this, if you go to Continue For Reporting option, a form will open.
- In this form you have to give complete information about fake WhatsApp call or message.
- In this, whatever complaint you have in the fraud list, you have to click on it.
- You will also have to upload the screenshot of the fake call or message here.
- While writing the details of the complaint, you have to enter your mobile number and name.
- After this, after captcha code and OTP verification, you have to submit it.
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