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 accidentally share the information related to his account on social media. This can make the account holders a victim of major frauds. If the EPF account information is in the hands of fraudsters then they can steal money from your account.
Never share this information
EPFO has issued an alert saying that EPFO never asks its members for information such as Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, bank details . If someone asks for such information on phone or social media, then be careful and do not share it at all. Do not answer such fake phone calls or reply to any such messages.
EPFO gave the information
Issuing an alert for all its users, EPFO wrote in a tweet that never ask its members to share personal details like Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, bank account or OTP over phone or social media. EPFO further states that EPFO never asks to deposit any amount for any service through WhatsApp, social media etc.
EPFO : Phishing Online Fraud
Significantly, people’s big earnings are deposited in the PF account, which people deposit for retirement expenses. Fraudsters know very well that here they will get big money 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 cleaned.
EPFO Alert: Never share this information
PF account holders do not accidentally share PAN number, Aadhaar number, UAN and your PF account number in the required information included in the account . Because this is such information that your account can be empty. This type of fraud is often seen in people leaving one job and joining another place. In such a situation, the PF account holder will have to file a police complaint against any phishing call or message in which your personal information is being sought.
