The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau has registered a case against three telemarketing companies following allegations of unauthorised transmission of fraudulent commercial SMSes using registered headers and templates belonging to financial services companies.
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau has registered a case against three telemarketing companies following allegations of unauthorised transmission of fraudulent commercial SMSes
In the Nariman incident, Onextel was identified in ValueFirst’s records and, according to the complaint, confirmed by Vodafone Idea as the final delivery telemarketer. The complaint identifies Onextel as common to both matters. In the KFin incident, TVL Media was identified as the delivery telemarketer. The complaint states that TVL Media is a group entity of Onextel and that the two companies have the same registered address in Noida. Nimbus Adcom is described in the complaint as a reseller telemarketer upstream of Onextel in the Nariman chain.
Based on the complaint, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau registered a case under Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 43, 66, 66C and 66D of the Information Technology Act and further investigation is on.
The two companies independently suffered unauthorised transmission of fraudulent commercial SMSes through misuse of their registered headers and templates, according to the complaint. ValueFirst said its internal checks and investigation found an overlapping set of unauthorised or unregistered telemarketing entities common to both incidents. The complaint also details a separate incident involving Nariman Finvest, a registered stockbroking entity that has used ValueFirst’s SMS services since January 2018 under its registered “NARIMN” header. ValueFirst was its only authorised telemarketer and aggregator, according to the complaint.
