Reserve Bank Of India [RBI] — RBI Official compensation payment notification. | |||
Dear Sir, I have received an e-mail purported sent by Reserve Bank of India, Electronic Transfer Dept., 6, Sansad Marg, Sansad Marg Road Area, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, under Ref: Cub/Hog/OxdI/2014, Payment file: RBI/id1033/2014/2015, informing me that I have won 500, 000 GBP through Lottery. Therefore, I am to submit details of my Bank Acctt., Pan Card, Id proof etc. etc. through e-mail to [protected]@webadicta.org so that the amount is credited to my account. I, therefore, request you to confirm whether the said e-mail was actually sent by RBI and whether I should submit the details as asked for in the e-mail at the earliest. Yours faithfully, Santosh Nath [protected]@gmail.com Was this information helpful? | |||
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To make this offer appear realistic, the name of the RBI Governor, D Subbarao, has also been cleverly used. After creating a socially engineered atmosphere of money gain in the mind of the user, the scammer eventually puts forth his intention of acquiring personal and bank details. The scammer then proceeds to ask for RS 14, 400 for crediting the unclaimed amount to the user’s account on the same day.
The scam artist has not hesitated to use the RBI Governor’s name, in addition to seeking details like full name, age, sex, address, bank details, etc, so this is a worrying observation. Many unsuspecting users could fall prey to such cleverly engineered tricks.
Quick Heal recommends that you ignore such emails and do not even reply to them.