Delhi Police Partners With Truecaller to Curb Cybercrime

New Delhi: Delhi Police signed an MoU with Truecaller to curb cybercrime. Truecaller is a caller ID verification platform that helps the public to identify verified numbers to protect themselves from cyber frauds and scams relating to impersonation in the name of government officials.

In addition to educating Delhiites and holding a joint awareness campaign against cyber frauds, Truecaller will soon help display the official numbers of the Delhi Police representatives on the app’s government directory services, Delhi Police said.

Truecaller will mark the phone numbers identified by the Delhi Police against whom it has received complaints regarding harassment, scam or other criminal activities.

Several times in the past, conmen have posed as government officials over the phone to extort money from the public. They display pictures of senior officers on their WhatsApp profiles. Now the MoU with Truecaller will help will protect citizens from such fraudsters.

All verified numbers of Delhi Police will have a green badge and a blue tick mark, with a government service tag highlighting that it has been verified for users.