State Bank of India customers are getting a message regarding updating PAN card, in which it is also being said that the SBI YONO account is being suspended. SBI has issued an alert on this.
State Bank of India is giving its customers the facility to do many banking tasks through online medium. Customers can do the work of transferring money from opening a new bank account through online. Along with this, along with providing many facilities to the customers, the bank also works to make them aware and keeps updating them from time to time. But, in the meantime, many cybercrime experts are trapping people by sending messages similar to banks and withdrawing money from their accounts.Also Read: Who will have insurance business after LIC’s IPO, Finance Ministry clarified
These days, many customers of SBI are getting a message regarding PAN card, in which SBI Yono App account is also being said to be suspended. On this, the bank has also issued an alert and has informed the bank customers not to believe such messages. In such a situation, know what is that message and what information is being given to the customers by SBI.
What message are people getting?
Cybercriminals are sending messages to customers, saying that SBI user, your SBI Yono account has been blocked. You update your PAN card. Along with this, a link has also been given to update the PAN card, which is not the official website of SBI Bank, but another. Although the name of this website is similar to SBI, but not of SBI. Visiting this link can be difficult for the customer.Also Read: Monthly Interest Credits on your Savings Account like fixed deposit or fd in idfc first bank
@TheOfficialSBI I m getting these type of messages on daily basis, is this something related to fraudulent activity? pic.twitter.com/OaDGjBjQUS
— Viku Vasudevan (@Viku_Vasudevan) August 22, 2021
What did the bank say?
After receiving such messages to the customers, the customers have given information about the bank through Twitter. On this the bank says, ‘Thank you for sharing this information. We appreciate your awareness. We advise our customers not to respond to links, calls, SMS, emails asking for personal and banking details like UserID, Password, Debit Card Number, PIN, CVV. In such a situation, complain about Phishing/Smishing/Vishing attempt at email report.phishing@sbi.co.in. You can inform the helpline number 155269 or the local law enforcement agency about this.Also Read: You can easily get a Personal Loan on your Aadhaar Card Step by step procedure for applying a personal loan using Aadhaar
What to pay attention to?
The first thing is that you should rely only on the information you get from official sources in the case of banks. For this, you should first see from where you are getting the information and before clicking on any link, see that link because criminals create websites with similar names. So take special care of it. Also, do not share your personal information with anyone and do not click on unknown links.
