Summary
The Truecaller app says these calls are mostly from companies trying to sell things.
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority is checking the issue.
Key Points
3 points1
Phone numbers that begin with 140 or 160 are meant for telemarketing and banks.
2
Truecaller reports a high amount of spam calls from these numbers.
3
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is reviewing the use of these numbers.
New Words to Learn
4 wordsspam
calls that you did not ask for and that are annoying
telemarketing
selling things over the phone
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
the Indian group that makes rules about phone services
app
a small computer program you use on a phone
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