Friends, cyber crime is increasing day by day. People committing cyber crime commit wrongdoing by purchasing a SIM in someone else’s name. It is possible that by purchasing a SIM in your name, someone is using that SIM for wrong purposes and you are not even aware of it. In such a situation, it is very important that you check once how many SIM cards are being operated in your name. In today’s article, we are going to talk about how you can know sitting at home how many SIMs are being run in your name.
With the help of a “Sanchar Saathi” Portal released by the Government of India, you can see online sitting at home how many SIMs are being operated in your name. To understand the entire process in detail, read the article till the end and by adopting the mentioned method, close the fake SIM being run in your name.
How to Check all SIM cards registered on your Aadhaar card :
Step 1 : First of all, open Chrome browser in your phone & search the website sancharsaathi.gov.in in your Chrome browser. This is an official website and absolutely safe.
Step 2 : On the portal of Sanchar Saathi, you will see two different websites by the name of CIER and TAFCOP. If your phone is lost then use the CEIR website to get your number blocked. If you want to see how many SIM cards are running in your name then you can use TAFCOP website.
On scrolling the page upwards, two different options will be seen in the section of “Citizen Centric Services”. To know how many SIMs are running in your name, click on the second option i.e. Know your Mobile Connections option.
Step 3 : Now TAFCOP website will open in front of you. You enter your mobile number in the 10 digit mobile number section and fill the visible captcha and click on the Validate Captcha option.
As soon as you click on the Validate captcha option, an OTP will be send on your mobile number. Enter that OTP in the OTP section and click on the Login button.
Step 4 : Now you will get to see the first 4 digits and last 4 digits of the mobile numbers of all the SIM cards being operated in your name. You should check all those mobile numbers properly, and if you find any mobile number which is not active then report that mobile number to get it shut down.
How to Report Fake Mobile number to block it ?
You can check how many SIM cards are running in your name by using the method mentioned above. If there is a number you don’t know about or a SIM card. If you had a SIM card earlier but you no longer use it, it is very important to switch off that SIM card. To close an unused or unknown mobile number registered in your name, follow the procedure given below.
Step 1: First of all, click on the check box visible in front of the mobile number which you want to deactivate. Now you will see three options in front of all the mobile numbers. You have to choose any one of those three options.
Not My Number – If you do not have any information about a mobile number, i.e. that mobile number is registered in your name without your knowledge, then click on the option of Not my number to block that mobile number.
Not Required – If you have a mobile number which you used earlier but now it has been switched off. But if that mobile number is still showing active in the website, then select the option of Not required to close such mobile number.
Out of the above two, select the reason for which you want to block your mobile number and click on the Report option shown below.
Note: If the number shown in the list is used by you, then you can click on the Required option visible in front of that number.
We have told in this article how you can know sitting at home how many mobile numbers are being operated in your name. By reading this article, you can also block the fake mobile number registered in your name forever. To understand the entire process carefully, read our article from beginning to end.