A large number of employed people in India have their own PF account. If you also have your own PF account, then today we are going to give you an important information, which must be taken care of.
If you do not take care of this, then there is a high chance that you may have to face a big loss. Recently the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization has issued an alert for PF account holders. Issuing an alert, EPFO asked its 6 crore PF account holders not to share their personal information with anyone. In the last few years, there have been many such cases in which PF account holders have faced a huge loss due to the leakage of personal information. Keeping this in mind, EPFO has shared this information with its Twitter handle. Let’s know –
PF account is very important to secure the future of the employed people. For this reason, the importance of the money deposited in the PF account is very high. If any kind of personal information related to it is leaked, then the person concerned may have to suffer a big loss.
#EPFO never asks its members to share their personal details like Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, Bank Account or OTP over phone or on social media.#SocialSecurity #ईपीएफ@byadavbjp @Rameswar_Teli @PMOIndia @PIB_India @PIBHindi @MIB_India @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @mygovindia @PTI_News pic.twitter.com/kG6UQ5O3mb
— EPFO (@socialepfo) October 23, 2021
Keeping this in mind, EPFO issued this alert. Issuing an alert, he has asked all his PF account holders to beware of fraudsters. He further said that EPFO never asks for personal information of its customers like their PAN, Aadhar card, UAN number.
Apart from this, he also told that EPFO never asks for money from its customers through WhatsApp or any other social media for any kind of service. Because of this, you need to be careful with the phone called EPFO.
During the lockdown last year, many cases related to banking fraud have come to the fore. Because of this you need to be alert at every step. Otherwise a big loss may have to be incurred.
