I received a mail informing me that I won 4 crore 76, 3035 lakh Indian rupees as the past-edition e-mail/sms award incurred by the British Government, which is yet unclaimed up-till date due to some circumstance. This mail also ask me to send my Personal details, Bank Name, Account Name, Branch, Ifsc code, Account holder’s name, a copy of PAN card, a passport size photo, etc for immediate crediting of the above-mentioned amount. It also says to reply to this mail: money.[protected]@outlook.com, which is completely different from the mail I received. Further, it asks to visit this link: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/find-whereabouts-of-unclaimed-deposit-holde...⇄ for further details.
I have noted certain facts about this mail. 1) The subject line of the mail is improper ‘W…’ 2) The mail comes from ‘indianews’ and not from RBI, although it has 2 attachments which makes use of the name, seal and address of the RBI and the picture of our governor, Sri. Dr. Urjit Patel. It doesn’t ask me to contact with my bank branch and doesn’t ask for Adhaar card. Moreover, the attachment letter which I received is addressed as ‘Dear Beneficiary’ instead of my name. It doesn’t say for what I have won the amount or the name of the lottery agency which is providing the same. Apart from this, the spelling of crore is given as ‘CROER’ which adds to my doubt. The title of the attachment is “RESERVE BANK OF INDIA OFFICIAL COMPENSATION PAYMENT NOTIFICATION’.
I wish to know that whether this e-mail I received can be trusted or not or whether it is a fraud doing which seems dangerous. Also, I wish to know that does the RBI provide any such letter through other mails like the one I received. I wish to know that why do I receive such mails and how to prevent receiving it in the future. I am giving this complaint because I am afraid of the security of the economic system of our country as they use the address, seal, photo of the RBI.
Hoping for a reply soon,
Thank you.
Reserve Bank of India [RBI] customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Apr 19, 2017
Updated by Varenya Sir,
I have received the same mail in different formats a couple of times on the very next day of posting this complaint. Now, they use the e-mail subject line as "RBI Award" and use the following address: "THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA",
ELECTRONIC TRANSFER DEPT, 6,
SANSAD MARG, JANPATH, H.O.
110001- NEW DELHI
The e-mail address of this mail is now changed to: <[protected]@outlook.com> The first mail I received has the address: <[protected]@yahoo.in> . This time, they even included the picture of our governor discussing with other members. I request you, sir, to take the necessary actions against this fraud activity.
Hoping for a soon reply,
Thank You.
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