Sunday, September 16, 2012

RBI warns about fraudulent mail

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/banking/article3897708.ece

The Reserve Bank of India has cautioned members of the public about a fraudulent email being sent and signed in its name.

The email informs bank accountholders about the RBI setting up a new 24x7 Centralised Monitoring Centre to monitor financial transaction flow from the Internet Banking Accounts, the central bank said in a statement.

DON’T OPEN, DOWNLOAD

The central bank asked members of the public receiving such emails to not open or download them or provide their data on such links as it may lead to their data being compromised.
The fraudulent email, which has referred to the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and the Prevention of Money Laundering Rules, 2005, gives a link asking bank accountholders to update their account information for updation in their database, the RBI said in a statement.
The Reserve Bank said it has not sent any such mail and has not set up any 24x7 Centralised Monitoring Centre to monitor financial transaction flow from the Internet Banking Accounts.

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