MP Sudha Murthy gets hoax call from ‘telecom department’. Here is what the scammer said

Sudha Murthy has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against an unidentified person for the call she received on September 5.

Rajya Sabha MP and philanthropist Sudha Murthy recently received a hoax call claiming her mobile services would be disconnected due to misuse, in an apparent attempt to extract “sensitive information."

MP Sudha Murthy speaks in Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, (ANI File)

Murthy has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against an unidentified person for the call she received on September 5. The call reportedly came from a number that appeared as “Telecom Dept" when checked on the Truecaller app.

According to news agency ANI, the FIR was registered with the Cyber Crime police in Bengaluru on September 20 after an unknown person called Infosys chairman Narayan Murthy's wife, claiming to be a telecommunications department employee.

The FIR states that the person told Sudha Murthy that her number was not linked to the Aadhaar. He also claimed that her obscene videos had been circulated, and so the telecommunications department was stopping her mobile services.According to the complaint, the individual was rude and used a fake identity. The FIR alleged that he tried to extract personal information from Murthy. She has filed legal action against the caller over the threats and attempts to obtain sensitive data.

In most of these cases, fraudsters used SIM cards obtained using fake documents or purchased from a valid user. The police blocked 11,063 such mobile numbers, the official said.