Airtel — Fraud calls from a Pakistan number

i got a missed call at 9am today, so i called back and was told I was the lucky winner of 25lacs. the number was [protected], the person I sopke with seemed to be trained in talking like an Indian person and asked me to without any delay call another number [protected]. When I called there I was asked to provide my address and bank a/c number, so I said I was at work and would call them back.

I immediately called Airtel customer service who said they are aware of this fraud. when I asked what action they were taking or what higher complaint number I could call on to register my complaint, he apologised and said there was no complaint number and that I should simply ignore such calls.

I told him that didnt make sense as many airtel customer may fall for the scam and end up losing money, but it appears that airtel is not doing anything to stop this apart from just putting a disclaimer or warning in sites where people are complaining or telling callers like me to "ignore the call".

This could well be a security issue in the national level, unless I am letting my mind go wild. But if these calls are coming from pakistan and dubai, you never know if they are simply small time frauds or if they are in nexus with some bug leagues like militants. I dont care if my mind is going wild with crazy connections, but I thought I might just type my thoughts anyway.


the authorities please wake up and do something. You cant really know for sure who these people are connected with. so many numbers have been provided on this forum, I am sure the authorities could try and trace atleast the service providers who keeps giving these frauds numbers to call from/use.