How to check mobile numbers registered with your Aadhaar

• The Department of Telecom (DoT) has launched a new portal that allows users to find mobile numbers registered in their name and using their ID, like Aadhaar.
  
• Users can report unknown or inactive numbers using the portal.
  
• As per existing guidelines, an individual can have nine numbers in their name.
  

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has launched a new portal, Telecom Analytics for Fraud Management and Consumer Protection (TAFCOP), that allows users to check all the mobile numbers registered using the user’s Aadhaar.

As per the TAFCOP portal, the website has been “developed to help subscribers, check the number of mobile connections working in their name, and take necessary action for regularising their additional mobile connections, if any”.

The TAFCOP portal allows users to report the numbers that they don’t recognize or those that are no longer in use. The portal is currently available only for users from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

How to check mobile numbers registered with your Aadhaar

1. To begin, open the TAFCOP portal in your browser.
   
2. Now, enter your mobile number and click on ‘Request OTP’.
   
3. Enter the OTP and click on ‘Validate’.
   

Now, all the numbers registered with your Aadhaar will be shown.


Users have the option of selecting a number and reporting it if the number does not belong to them or if the number is no longer required or in use. You don’t need to do anything for the numbers that you are currently using.

As per the existing guidelines by DoT, a single person can register up to nine numbers in their name. Individuals who have registered more than nine numbers will be intimated by an SMS and they will be able to act using this portal.

This limit is extended to 18 for those who use an eSIM.

The introduction of this portal has made it possible to identify unknown numbers or inactive numbers registered in your name and reporting them right from your mobile or computer.

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