Mobile is now added to list of essentials
By HARISH K. MONGA
Befare! If you too have received a missed call on your mobile, as once again, the people of Ferozepur have started receiving missed calls from an unknown number, especially with the ISD code of Pakistan (+92).
Increasing the number of mobile phones than population is becoming a problem for country like India . In number of countries in the world, particularly western, it is not a big problem. In a country like Japan , both death and birth rates are decreasing. There problem is the number of old persons is much as compared to youths. The difference between mobile and number of people in the world is reducing day by day. As per the latest statistics, 87 per cent people are having mobile phones and by the end of this year, it is expected that number of mobiles will be more than the population and by 2017, the figure will go upto 140 per cent. China is having the maximum number of mobiles followed by India . In India itself, there are 89 crores mobiles against the population of 1.26 lakh crores. In other words, all young people have mobiles. But, is it practical? Whatever may be the pros and cons of keeping the mobile, one thing is sure that like food and education, mobile has to be added in the list of essentials.
Coming to the obnoxious missed calls from unknown numbers, it is better to inform the police and mobile service provider and avoid calling back as you might be trapped with fake news of winning of a lottery and asking you your bank details to deposit the lottery winning amount.
It has been observed that people all getting missed calls on their cell phones from different numbers but all with the ISD code of Pakistan . On making a back call, the caller is congratulated by disclosing that the number has been selected for a impressive large prize.
Sensing the reaction of the caller, the person on the other side asks s/he to contact someone over the phone presenting him as a senior employee of some national bank, who further asks them to complete some formalities like providing the bank account, residential address etc, to receive the prize money.
Besides duping the caller of heavy ISD charges, the swindlers also seek money from the innocent by terming it as mandatory charges before getting the prize money transferred into their account.
I too received one such missed call from +923034….. at 10.54 am today. (See Screen shot) but I did not respond knowing the aim of the swindlers.
However, an official of a mobile company on anonymity said the company is already in notice of the matter and we are flooded with similar complaints. He said that despite best efforts, they had not been able to nab the miscreants, who were duping the innocent. The issue has also been taken up with the police, who are doing its best to trace the miscreants at the earliest possible.
He further shared that despite repeated appeals to the people through the media, not to get attracted towards these calls, people still get duped at the hands of tricksters, lured by easy money. People must also apply their brain before getting fascinated by such phone calls.
