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Many stolen phones are being sold fraudulently in the market.
To avoid these, the Ministry of Telecom has launched the portal.
Before buying a second hand phone, please verify it in the portal.
New Delhi. If you are buying second hand phone from online or offline store then you need to be careful. Stolen phones are also being sold on many sites selling second hand gadgets. Whether the phone is stolen or not, now it has become very easy to find out. Recently, the Ministry of Telecom (DoT) has launched the Sathi portal, through which you can verify the complete details of the second hand phone. Also, the facility to block and track lost phones is available on this portal.
Sanchar Saathi offers the “Know Your Mobile” feature, which allows users to verify the authenticity of a second hand phone before buying it. This is expected to reduce the growing trend of cyber frauds.
How to verify second hand phone?
You can verify the IMEI number of the second hand phone on the portal.
,For this dial *#06# in the phone you are going to buy.
,As soon as you dial this, the IMEI number of that phone will appear on the screen.
,Save this IMEI number somewhere.
After this you have to go to the website of Central Equipment Identity Register-(https://www.ceir.gov.in/Device/CeirIMEIVerification.jsp).
,Here you have to enter OTP after entering your mobile number.
,After this you will see the option to enter IMEI number on the screen.
,After entering the IMEI number here, its status will be visible.
,If blacklisted, duplicate or already in use is seen written here, then understand that the phone is stolen.
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Tags: mobile, smartphone, tech news, Tech news in hindi
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 29, 2023, 17:47 IST
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