EPFO shares tips about online frauds: Employees’ Provident Fund Organization has issued a warning and given rescue tips to protect members from the danger of online fraud.
New Delhi: Institutions are alerting customers to protect them from online fraud cases amid the growing culture of digital transactions and shopping. In the past few days, many cases of online fraud have come to the fore where money was quietly transacted from people’s account and the account holder came to know after losing the amount. Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has issued a warning to protect its members from the possible threat of online fraud and has also given rescue tips.
EPFO warns about online fraud
Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has warned its subscribers about the possible danger of online fraud. The pension fund body has also shared tips to protect customers’ provident fund accounts from scams.
EPFO told subscribers to beware of fake calls
EPFO shared a post on Twitter asking its members to ‘beware of fake calls/messages’. Don’t get caught in the trap of greed.
EPFO told how to protect yourself from fraud
EPFO has warned its members not to share important information like UAN / Password / PAN / Aadhaar with anyone. EPFO subscribers should not share these details with anyone over phone or social media, even if the other party claims to be a representative of EPFO.
Remember this tip of EPFO PF account holder
EPFO said not to share UAN/password/PAN/Aadhaar/bank account details/OTP or any other personal or financial details with anyone.
EPFO never asks for customer information
EPFO said that it never asks its customers to share personal details like Aadhaar card number, PAN, UAN, bank account or OTP over phone or social media. EPFO or its employees never ask for these details on message, call, e-mail, WhatsApp, social media.
