Next time you get an email from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) think again
An email allegedly from India's banking regulator RBI ,asking denizens to secure their bank account details with the RBI is fake, and an attempt by new-age fraudsters to con people into giving away bank account details and lose hard-earned money, security experts said.
The E - mail says RBI has launched a new security system, asking users to click on a link to open a page with list of banks in place.
Once anyone chooses a particular bank, it asks for all net banking details, including card numbers and the secret 3 digit C V V number, among others.
Experts said using RBI logos and its name is just a ploy by conmen to lure people into a sense of false security, hoping to get out all account details.
The E mail is so neat and I for once was thrilled that RBI is taking such a big step to ensure security of people. But at the advise of a friend, I checked with the police & learned that I would have lost all my savings to this racket, Mr. K Manoj, a resident said.
The RBI has also been flooded with queries from citizens across India.I get at least four such calls a day, said a senior RBI official.
RBI is cautioning people that the central bank, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee, has not developed any such software and nor has it sent any such mail asking online banking customers to update their account details to secure their online accounts.
The RBI does not even have any mail id with extension @rbi.com, the central bank says.
Members of public receiving such mails should not open the attachment and / or try to download the attachment on their computers. This is a phishing mail & accessing the mail in any manner could result in identity theft, the bank has warned.
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