The Reserve
Bank of India has cautioned citizens against a fake website which is
fraudulently taking personal and confidential banking details of bank customers
posing as the central bank.
“It has come to
the notice of the Reserve Bank of India that a fake website of the Reserve Bank
of India has been created with the URL www.indiareserveban.org by
some unknown person(s). The layout of the fake website is similar to the
original RBI website,” RBI said in a statement on its website.
The official
website of the RBI — India’s central bank — is https://www.rbi.org.in and it holds no
other website.
The home page of
the fake website also contains a provision for “Bank verification with online
account holders” which appears to have been created with a fraudulent intent of
obtaining personal and confidential banking details of customers of banks, it
added.
"The Reserve Bank of
India clarifies that as India’s central bank, it does not hold any accounts for
individuals and never asks for personal information such as bank account
details, passwords, etc...
"The Reserve Bank
cautions members of public that responding online on such websites could result
in compromising crucial personal information that may be misused to cause
financial and other loss to them," the banking regulator clarified.
Over past years, RBI
has been consistently alerting customers about the fake websites, emails asking
to transfer funds or for bank account details in the name of a lottery,
fictitious job offers in the name of RBI jobs, etc fraudulently luring and
cheating customers and that one should not fall prey to it.
Further, members of public are also cautioned
about existence of websites such as www.rbi.org, www.rbi.in etc. These URLs may appear similar to the website of
RBI. However, these websites have no affiliation with the Reserve Bank of
India. Members of public are advised to be cautious while accessing or when
providing any information on such sites.
Source - Moneycontrol
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