EPFO Alert: Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has issued an alert for all the users. EPFO has asked all its members that no account holder should share the information related to the account on social media even by mistake.
Due to this, account holders can become victims of big frauds. If the information about the EPF account is in the hands of fraudsters, then they can steal money from your account.
EPFO has said that EPFO never asks for Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, bank details information from its members.
If someone asks for such information on phone or social media, then be careful and never leak it. Do not respond to such fraudulent phone calls or reply to any such messages.
EPFO has issued an alert for all its users and wrote in a tweet, ‘Never to share personal details like Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, Bank Account or OTP from its members on phone or social media from its members. says.
EPFO further states, EPFO never asks to deposit any amount through WhatsApp, social media etc. for any service.
Phishing Online Fraud Significantly, people’s money is deposited in the PF account, which people deposit for retirement expenses. Fraudsters are well aware that here they will get a huge amount in one stroke, so they attack the account through phishing attack.
Actually, phishing is a part of online fraud in which the depositor is duped, the necessary information related to the account is obtained from them and then the account is cleared.
Never share this information
PF account holders do not accidentally share PAN number, Aadhaar number, UAN and your PF account number in the necessary information included in the account. Because these are such information, due to which leaking of your account can be empty.
Such frauds are often seen in people leaving one job and joining elsewhere. In such a situation, these people must register a complaint with the police against any phishing call or message in which your personal details are being sought.
