The Ministry for Digital Development proposed to block SIM cards issued to fraudsters The Ministry for Digital Development is preparing a regulatory framework that will allow operators to block all SIM cards issued to fraudulent Max account holders. Over the course of a year, more than 4.5 million such profiles were blocked in Messenger, but now the blocking does not apply to the number itself - you can continue to use it. Anti-fraud system blocked about 300 million calls with fake numbers During January-September 2026, Russian telecom operators blocked about 300 million calls with signs of number spoofing. At the same time, the anti-fraud GIS checked 146.3 billion calls, 995 telecom operators were connected to the system. On average, it processes about 536 million calls every day and blocks about 1.1 million suspicious calls.

The Ministry for Digital Development proposed to block SIM cards issued to fraudsters The Ministry for Digital Development is preparing a regulatory framework that will allow operators to block all SIM cards issued to fraudulent Max account holders. Over the course of a year, more than 4.5 million such profiles were blocked in Messenger, but now the blocking does not apply to the number itself - you can continue to use it. Anti-fraud system blocked about 300 million calls with fake numbers During January-September 2026, Russian telecom operators blocked about 300 million calls with signs of number spoofing. At the same time, the anti-fraud GIS checked 146.3 billion calls, 995 telecom operators were connected to the system. On average, it processes about 536 million calls every day and blocks about 1.1 million suspicious calls.