Punjab National Bank Alert: Punjab National Bank, the country’s second largest public sector bank, has issued an alert to its crores of customers. The bank has given this message on fake message. PNB has said that cyber criminals are sending fake messages (PNB Fraud Alert) to customers in the name of the bank’s 130th anniversary. The bank said that this is a case of stealing customers’ money by misusing the identity of a big brand. In such a situation, if you have received a message today in the name of the 130th anniversary of the bank, then be careful. Otherwise you will lose your hard earned money.
The bank gave information by tweeting-
Punjab National Bank has given information by tweeting from its official Twitter handle that Caution! Punjab National Bank has not come up with any offer related to its 130th anniversary. In such a situation, if someone sends you such a link, do not click on it even by mistake. Along with this, avoid sharing such links.
Important Advisory 👇#FoolTheFraudster #CyberSecurityAwareness #FakeLinks #Digital #Banking pic.twitter.com/ph9ZGDyoAL
— Punjab National Bank (@pnbindia) April 22, 2023
PNB gave cyber security tips-
Punjab National Bank has advised the common people not to click on any message sent to the name of the bank without thinking. Along with this, cross-check the messages being circulated on mediums like social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp. If someone asks for your personal information like name, Aadhaar number, PAN number and banking details like account number, credit/debit card, OTP by clicking on the link on the name of any organization, do not share these details even by mistake. By doing this your hard earned money will be in danger.
Cyber criminals are doing fraud in different names
Apart from offers, cyber criminals are looting customers in many other ways. In this, fraud is very common in the name of KYC and PAN update. This message is sent by fraudsters to customers that you should complete KYC or PAN update today itself to save your account from becoming inactive. For this, a link is also sent to them. After this, after clicking on this link, customers are asked for their personal information. After this, within a few minutes, these criminals steal lakhs of rupees from the customers’ accounts. If you get any such message, pay close attention to it and complete the KYC process by visiting the branch.