Telcos block nearly two billion suspicious calls

Effective strategies: Fahmi visiting a booth during the conference at Furama Resort Danang. Also present is Datuk Mohamad Fauzi Md Isa (left), secretary-general of the Communications and Digital Ministry. — Bernama

DA NANG: Almost two billion suspicious calls and 581 million suspicious SMS messages were blocked from reaching Malaysian consumers with the assistance of telco service providers, says Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

He said that from 2020 to April 2023, his ministry also received 8,499 public complaints related to fraudulent activities and, within the same period, blocked 3,370 phishing sites.