SIM card
If you keep more than 9 SIM cards on an ID, you may also be imprisoned or you may have to pay heavy fine. You will hardly know this rule related to SIM card. Last year, the government had made new rules regarding the SIM card, in which guidelines were issued to buy SIM cards in bulk. Not only this, digital KYC has also been made mandatory for duplicate SIM on losing SIM card. If you do not follow these rules related to SIM card, then you may get penalty of millions of rupees.
Many times criminals misuse your documents and issue a SIM card in your name. After this, using this SIM card, fake calls and fraud events are carried out. In such a situation, you must know how many SIM cards have been issued in your name. No SIM card has been issued anywhere, which you do not use? The government has made it very easy to find out.
How to check
- First of all, the portal of Sanchar Saathi Go to
- Here you will get the option of Citizen Central Services.
- Tap on TAFCOP there.
- Then by entering your mobile number and OTP, you can check the list of SIM card issued in your name.
- If you feel that you have not released any of these numbers, then you can issue a request to block it.
To prevent fraud associated with SIM card, the government has taken many more steps, in which incoming SMS is not available on that SIM for the next 24 hours when duplicate SIM card is issued. In such a situation, even if someone swaps your SIM, he will not get OTP messages for the next 24 hours.
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