May 21, 2012
It has come to the notice of the Reserve Bank of India that an email has been
sent in its name from mail id: alert@rbi.org and signed by RBI Online offering a 'new
online security platform'. According to the mail, the 'new online security platform'
offers to 'prevent online identity theft in internet banking by asking the customer to go
through a two-way authentication factor before he/she properly logs into internet
banking every time'. The email then asks the recipient to 'download the attachment
and update'.
The Reserve Bank clarifies that it has not sent any such mail. In fact, it does
not have any mail ids with extension @rbi.org. Members of public receiving such
mails should not open the attachment and/or try to download it on their computer. It
could be a phishing mail and downloading the attachment could result in identity
theft.
Alpana Killawala
Press Release : 2011-2012/1849 Chief General Manager
Source-RBI
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