Beware of Fake Call to Action on the Internet: here is an example

Have you ever come across  a Blogpost, Facebook post, Whatsapp message, an email or sms similar to the one in the picture above. Oh! great you have? or You havent?


The message comes with an email id and claims that people who have  lost their mobile phones can email their complaint there, along with the  IMEI number and other details so as to trace and track them back from  anywhere in the world.

 The story is a mixture of hoax and facts

However cops@vsln.net was an id of Chennai police which ceases to exist, it was first published in The Hindu website post then some users randomly started posting articles about the above that the Chennai Police id DOES help when phone is lost. Now it is flooded with many such posts that suggest that you can find your lost mobile phone if you send mail along with some details to this id. Existence or nonexistence of this email id can be verified at http://verify-email.org/ 

These articles come with a message and claims that people who have lost their mobile phones can email their complaint, along with the IMEI number and other essential details of the mobile phone so as to trace and track it back from anywhere in the world.  

There is no guarantee that mobile thefts from all over the country will be handled by them. This service is most definitely applicable only for particular state of Tamil Nadu, and not anything beyond their jurisdiction.Therefore, this message is misleading when it claims that everyone can trace and track back their lost mobile phones using this service. It is also important to note that the official website of Tamil Nadu is not active, since it was hacked earlier this year, and the email service also NOT working..

 At techcrux.net we always advise our readers to fact check before accepting any call to action on the internet.

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