Do you received any KYC (Especially AADHAAR) update sms or call from Vodafone or any other Network Service Provider ?

Do you received any kind of sms like 'Dear customer your SIM (NUMBER) has been closed for 24 hrs please submit your Aadhar in your number kindly please call customer care: 79XXXXXX29 immediately' OR ' Dear customer Your SIM documents has been pending. Please call customer care no 73XXXXXX37'.

If you received these kind of sms then you are not alone, many people are receiving these nowadays. This is a new kind of Scam Technique in market. Please DO NOT CALL or DO NOT TELL your Aadhaar no. or any kind of Personal details.

Even if you does not understand the sms then go to your nearby Vodafone store or Your Network Service Provider store and show them the sms.

Also you can identify the location and operator name of the sms sender.

When you receives a message from any provider or bank etc. , a sender id along with a prefix is displayed in the inbox . For example- VK-ViCARE, AX-INPOST etc. The prefixes VK, AX are displayed because sms is sent in huge number via bulk sms. SMS providers follow rules framed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

* Sender id should be 6 characters (e.g. ViCARE)

The prefix has a specific meaning. The First character of prefix displays the operator name -

Sr.	Operator Name	Prefix to be Used
1	Aircel (Aircel Cellular Ltd., Dishnet Wireless Ltd. Aircel Ltd.)	D
2	Airtel (Bharti Airtel Ltd., Bharti Hexacom Ltd.)	A
3	BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)	B
4	Loop Mobile, formerly BPL (Loop Telecom Pvt. Ltd.)	L
5	Videocon (Datacom Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)	C
6	HFCL (HFCL Infotel Ltd.)	H
7	Idea (Idea Cellular Ltd., Aditya Birla Telecom Ltd.)	I
8	MTNL (Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd.)	M
9	RCom (Reliance Communications Ltd.)	R
10	RJio (Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.)	J
11	Reliance GSM (Reliance Telecom Ltd.)	E
12	Shyam (Shyam Telecom Ltd.)	Y
13	Spice (Spice Communications Ltd.)	P
14	Tata / Tata Docomo (Tata Teleservices Ltd., Tata Teleservices Mah. Ltd.)	T
15	Uninor / Telenor (Telewings Communications Services Pvt. Ltd.)	U
16	Vodafone Group of Companies	V

The Second character represents the location of the operator through which the message is received.

Second Character (Circle Name) List

Sr.	Circle Name	Prefix to be Used
1	Andhra Pradesh	A
2	Assam	S
3	Bihar	B
4	Delhi	D
5	Gujarat	G
6	Haryana	H
7	Himachal Pradesh	I
8	Jammu & Kashmir	J
9	Karnataka	X
10	Kerala	L
11	Kolkata	K
12	Madhya Pradesh (& Chhattisgarh)	Y
13	Maharashtra (& Goa)	Z
14	Mumbai	M
15	North East India	N
16	Orissa	O
17	Punjab	P
18	Rajasthan	R
19	Tamil Nadu (incl. Chennai)	T
20	UP East	E
21	UP West	W
22	West Bengal	V