SBI customers ALERT! Did you receive this message? DELETE immediately to save money - check all details here

The State Bank of India (SBI) does not contact its customers regarding personal and banking details through SMS. This is nothing but a trap and if you are not careful, then you can lose your entire savings just by a swipe.

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SBI Phishing Attack: You have received an SMS asking for your personal details and bank details. The SMS says that it is from your bank! What will you do? Well, be sure of the fact that the State Bank of India (SBI) does not contact its customers regarding personal and banking details through SMS. This is nothing but a trap and if you are not careful, then you can lose your entire savings just by a swipe.

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The largest public sector lender in the country has recently tweeted from its official Twitter handle warning its customers against the frauds that are in vogue. The tweet from SBI said, "We never contact our customers through emails/SMS/Calls or embedded links asking them to share their personal or banking details. Kindly report details of Smishing to report.phishing@sbi.co.in or call on Cyber Crime helpline - 155260."

We never contact our customers through emails/SMS/Calls or embedded links asking them to share their personal or banking details. Kindly report details of Smishing to report.phishing@sbi.co.in or call on Cyber Crime helpline - 155260.
Beware of Smishing & stay #SafeWithSBI #NGROK pic.twitter.com/rs8dshy9ka

— State Bank of India (@TheOfficialSBI) August 4, 2021

The SBI has advised its customers that if the customer suspects any kind of deceit from a message, the person should delete the message immediately. An SBI customer must not share his or her personal information like card number/ CVV/ PIN number and other details with anyone even if they claim from the bank.

The SBI customers must note know that phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal customers' personal identity data and financial account credentials. The SBI customers must be aware of the process by means of which the phishing attacks take place, they are as follows:

1) Internet banking user receives a fraudulent e-mail seemingly from a legitimate Internet address.

2) The email invites the user to click on a hyperlink provided in the mail.

3) User clicks the hyperlink and is redirected to a fake web site that looks similar to the genuine Internet banking site.

4) Usually, the email will either promise a reward on compliance or warn of an impending penalty on non-compliance.

5) User is asked to provide confidential information, such as login/profile or transaction passwords and bank account numbers etc.

6) User provides the details in good faith and clicks on 'submit' button.

7) User is displayed an error page

8) User has fallen prey to a phishing attack.

The SBI customers should be aware of these frauds and must be careful not to be a victim of any such frauds.

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