If you’re employed and have a PF account, This news is suitable for you. A warning has been sent out by the Employers’ Provisional Fund Organization (EPFO) to all of the billions of users. As part of EPFO members, all EPFO members were informed that account holders should not disclose information about their account via social media even if they are doing so accidentally. Because of this, account holders may be vulnerable to online scams. If the data associated with the account falls into the hands of cybercriminals, they can take money from your account.
What was stated within the EPFO alert?
On behalf of EPFO EPFO, it was mentioned that EPFO does not ever request information regarding Aadhaar, PAN, UAN and bank details, etc., for its clients. You should be on guard if someone requests the information on a phone call or social media. Don’t divulge such information in any way. Do not respond to phone calls that are related to this type of fraud. Do not even respond to messages of this type.
EPFO provided the data,
when it issued an alert to everyone while distributing an alert to all users, an official tweet from EPFO that it has never asked its members to disclose personal details such as Aadhaar numbers, PAN, UAN, bank account, or OTP on the phone or through social media. EPFO has also stated that EPFO does not ever ask for deposits of any amount via WhatsApp or other social media platforms.
We will tell you that the huge profits of people are put into the PF account. It’s deposited in anticipation of the moment of retirement. Fraudsters target the account with an attack of phishing. Phishing is one of the components of fraud online, where the depositor is manipulated and then entangled. After obtaining important information about the account, The money is cleared out of the account.
Do not divulge this information to anyone else.
PF account holders shouldn’t give out their PAN number, Aadhaar number, UAN as well as the PF account number, even if it is by accident. These are private information; the leak of these details could cause your account to be emptied. These types of frauds usually occur when you leave the first one and re-joining the second. If you’re requested to provide personal information via phone calls or text messages, make sure you report these with the authorities.
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