If you have a PF account then this news is for you. Employees Provident Fund Organization has issued an alert for PF account holders. EPFO has given this alert to avoid fraud. It is noteworthy that in recent times, PF fraud has increased.
An alert has been issued by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization for all PF account holders. In this alert, EPFO has suggested all the members to avoid any possible fraud. It has also been said that EPFO never asks for any personal information from any member over phone and email.
EPFO cautioned
In the information given by EPFO on its official ‘X’ handle, members were asked to beware of fake calls and messages. EPFO never asks for personal information from any member through phone, e-mail and social media.
A poster has also been shared by EPFO with this message, in which it is written ‘Be careful, be alert’. Never share your UAN/Password/PAN/Aadhaar/Bank account details/OTP or any other personal or financial details with anyone.
#Beware of fake calls/messages. EPFO never asks its members to share their personal details over phone, e-mail or on social media.#epfowithyou #epf #epfo #passbook #HumHaiNa #Alert #staysafe #पीएफ #AmritMahotsav@PMOIndia @byadavbjp @Rameswar_Teli @LabourMinistry @PIB_India pic.twitter.com/smn2HIQw4m
— EPFO (@socialepfo) October 16, 2023
Complain here if you receive fake calls and messages
EPFO further stated in the poster that the organization and its employees never ask for personal details through message, phone, e-mail, WhatsApp, social media. However, if you receive such fake calls/messages, you should immediately report to the local police/cyber crime branch.
Contact EPFO helpline
If you want to get more information about any other service of EPFO, you can get the information by calling EPFO’s helpline 14470. This service is available from 7 am to 9 pm. On this helpline of EPFO, you can get information in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese and English.
