Brief Outline: Aapke mobile ke Contacts mai automatic UIDAI name saved hai...Plz iss contacts ko delete kar de...kyu ki adhaar card walo ne saved nahi kiya Hai...Kuch bhi problems creates ho sakta hai.
Facts Check: Fake
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Aapke mobile ke Contacts mai automatic UIDAI name saved hai...Plz iss contacts ko delete kar de...kyu ki adhaar card walo ne saved nahi kiya Hai...Kuch bhi problems creates ho sakta hai.
Another Example: Please check if a number starting from 1800 or 1600 in name of UIDAI has been automatically added to your phone contacts. If yes, delete it immediately. It is a spam of the day. Source: Maharashtra Cyber Security Cell
Please check if a number starting from 1800 or 1600 in name of UIDAI has been automatically added to your phone contacts. If yes, delete it immediately. It is a spam of the day.
Source: Maharashtra Cyber Security Cell pic.twitter.com/Ots8fiIuY8
Facts Check Analysis: The new fake message viral this days, especially on the whatsapp, rumors inclusion of 1800 in name of UIDAI, automatically added in your phone contact list.
UIDAI issued a press statement over a thread of tweets on August 3, 2018 stating that the number 1800-300-1947 is ‘outdated and invalid toll free number, it said
In the wake of some media reports on default inclusion of UIDAI’s outdated & invalid Toll free no. 1800-300-1947 in contact list of Android phones. It is clarified that, UIDAI has not asked or communicated to any manufacturer or service provider for providing any such facility whatsoever. It is emphasised that the said 18003001947 is not a valid UIDAI Toll free number and some vested interest are trying to create unwarranted confusion in the public. Our valid Toll free number is 1947 which is functional for more than the last two years. UIDAI has reiterated that it has not asked or advised anyone including any telecom service providers or mobile manufacturers or Android to include 18003001947 or 1947 in the default list of public service numbers.
#PressStatement In the wake of some media reports on default inclusion of UIDAI’s outdated & invalid Toll free no. 1800-300-1947 in contact list of Android phones... 1/n
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) August 3, 2018
... It is clarified that, UIDAI has not asked or communicated to any manufacturer or service provider for providing any such facility whatsoever. 2/n
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) August 3, 2018
It is emphasised that the said 18003001947 is not a valid UIDAI Toll free number and some vested interest are trying to create unwarranted confusion in the public. 3/n
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) August 3, 2018
Our valid Toll free number is 1947 which is functional for more than the last two years. 4/5
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) August 3, 2018
UIDAI has reiterated that it has not asked or advised anyone including any telecom service providers or mobile manufacturers or Android to include 18003001947 or 1947 in the default list of public service numbers.
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) August 3, 2018
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The Cellular Operators Association of India also tweeted from its official handle to say that the telcos have nothing to do with the inclusion of the number.
The inclusion of a certain unknown number in the phonebooks of various mobile handsets is not from any telecom service provider. @airtelindia @VodafoneIN @reliancejio @ideacellular #UIDAI #CustomerFirst
— COAI (@ConnectCOAI) August 3, 2018
Indeed all the shared messages related to the deletion of the numbers and UDAI which are viral on the social media is fake.
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