Banking services are rapidly modernizing in India. Today you can do all the work related to the bank from your mobile sitting at home.
Banking services are rapidly modernizing in India. Today you can do all the work related to the bank from your mobile sitting at home. But this facility also comes with a huge risk. Today frauds and fraudsters are always positioned to take advantage of a mistake of the customers. As banks and RBI are making financial services more secure, fraudsters are defrauding customers by going one step further.
One of the easiest and most effective solutions to this problem is that customers have to be vigilant. Meanwhile, the country’s largest public sector bank State Bank of India has given some tips to its customers to stay safe. If you follow these tips, you can be safe from fraud to a great extent. The bank has said that we advise our customers to be alert to fraudsters and not to share any sensitive information online. Along with this, SBI has also forbidden to download any app from any unknown source.
Bank tweeted for the safety of customers
The bank has tweeted to the customers that it is our duty to protect you from being a victim of online fraud. We advise our customers to be alert to fraudsters and not to share any sensitive information online.
SBI gave these tips to the customers to survive
- Follow the standard rules and do not share your personal and banking details with any unknown person.
- Do not click on any unofficial link which asks for One Time Password or Bank Details for EMI, DBT, PM Care Fund or any other CARE Fund.
- Beware of bogus schemes that claim to offer lottery, cash prizes or job opportunities through SMS, e-mails, letters, phone calls or advertisements.
- Change your bank password from time to time.
- Please note that SBI representatives never send email/SMS or calls to their customers asking for their personal information, passwords, high security passwords or OTPs.
- For contact number and other details regarding SBI, please visit SBI website only. Do not rely on information available on Internet search results in this regard.
- Report the fraudsters immediately to the local police officer and report the same to your nearest SBI branch.
