New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued an advisory cautioning the public about a rise in cyber frauds and financial scams involving misuse of TRAI's name, the Ministry of Communications said in a release on Wednesday.

These include impersonation of TRAI officials through calls, messages, forged documents, and fraudulent letterheads to threaten or mislead individuals and coerce them into sharing personal information or transferring money.

The telecom regulator said that any such outreach allegedly in the name of TRAI is unauthorised and not associated with TRAI.

Citing such incidents, the telecom regulator said that a prominent example is the so-called 'digital arrest' scam, where callers impers...