Your identity is on sale for Rs 5!!!http://www.punemirror.in/article/4/201108122011081205395381c171b00f/Your-identity-is-on-sale-for-Rs-5.html With Regards
Abi “At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst” - Aristotle --- On Mon, 8/15/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: ID THEFT : Your identity is on sale for Rs 5 Mirror investigation reveals mobile companies misuse personal documents to issue multiple SIM cards — a huge security hazard Yogesh Sadhwani August 12, 2011 http://www.punemirror.in/article/4/201108122011081205395381c171b00f/Your-identity-is-on-sale-for-Rs-5.html What if we told you there is a possibility that you have more than five mobile phone connections? No, you are not being billed for them, but there are five complete strangers using SIM cards registered in your name. Mirror has in its possession 600 Vodafone application forms used to issue SIM cards. Multiple forms in this bunch carry the same name, address and ID proof. This means two things: One, that a dealer used one customer's personal details to issue multiple cards to people who were not in a position to produce ID proofs, and two, the dealer shopped in the now notorious ID market, where people's personal details are available for a price. The going rate — Rs 5 for an ID proof with an original photograph, and Rs 50 for an ID with an original photograph and two supporting documents. In just the past six months, 54 FIRs have been registered against several retailers, cutting across a spectrum of service providers, for stealing a customer's identity and then using it to issue multiple SIM cards to multiple customers. No action, however, has been initiated against service providers. While the foremost concern is that terrorists may misuse a mobile user's identity, there is also the ever-growing risk of banking fraud. Vimla Gogri bought a Vodafone SIM card six months ago. On July 30 — roughly five months after she purchased the SIM — three more Vodafone SIM cards were activated in her name. On Tuesday, when Mirror traced Gogri, all three SIMs were active. A call made to one of these numbers was answered by a woman. When told this number was registered in Gogri's name, the woman disconnected the phone and switched it off. Gogri said the signature on the Vodafone forms were not hers. All three signatures on the forms were either in English or Hindi. Gogri, all her life, has signed in Gujarati. Iqbal Shaikh, a resident of Mahatma Phule Nagar near the domestic airport, was dumbfounded to see three Vodafone forms with copies of his voter ID. "I have never ever applied for a Vodafone connection. Two years ago, I had submitted my documents to buy a SIM card of another company, but after that I haven't walked into a mobile store," a visibly shaken Shaikh said. A Vodafone spokesman refused to comment on the thefts and said that the company would need more time to investigate. __._,_.___ __,_._,___ -- “NEWSLINE MEMBERS MEET” on September 2,2011 at Jeddah, KSA. Please send your Name, Mobile and E-mail ID for registration. send to :[email protected] You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "newsline" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/newsline?hl=en?hl=en http://www.newstower.blogspot.com/
