RBI warns against fraud emails

Unscrupulous entities on the prowl for identity theft

PTI | May 22, 2012



The Reserve Bank on Monday warned the general public against fraud emails bearing its name being sent by unscrupulous entities asking customers to share information.

The central bank said it was come to its notice about an email from mail id: [email protected], which was signed by RBI Online offering a new online security platform.

"According to the mail, the new online security platform offers to prevent online identity theft in Internet banking by asking the customer to go through a two-way authentication factor before he/she properly logs into Internet banking every time," RBI said.

The email further asks the recipient to download attachment and update, it said.

"The Reserve Bank clarifies that it has not sent any such mail. In fact, it does not have any mail ids with extension @rbi.org," the notification said.

RBI cautioned the public not to open such mail or try to download the attachment on their computer.

"It could be a phishing mail and downloading the attachment could result in identity theft," RBI said in a notification.

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