Stay Alert Against Messages Like ‘Account Suspended, Update PAN’

Banking fraud has increased in recent years. There has been an increase in digital phishing attacks claimed by HDFC Bank customers as the social media outcry has mounted in recent days. Several HDFC Bank customers reported to the authorities that many of the incidents involved phishing SMSes that they received in February. 

There are indications that they have adopted a revised method of operation to step up their efforts to protect others which may have been the case. To strengthen cybersecurity measures, phishing links masquerade as verification processes as part of their phishing campaign. 

There has been a significant number of customers who have been receiving false text messages in the last few days, which claim that they have been blocked or suspended because they have not updated their Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) because their PAN has not been updated. The message you are receiving is a fake one, so keep an eye out and be aware of it. 

The Public Information Bureau (PIB) has recently issued a warning to the customers of the State Bank of India (SBI) regarding fake messages purporting to be from SBI officials that claim the recipient’s YONO account has been disabled as a result of a power cut. 

One of the most common ways scammers use to trick people is through phishing SMS messages, which is one of the methods they use to steal their money in different ways. Cyber fraudsters use phishing bank SMS as a means of scaring people away by telling them their bank account has been suspended by cyber th

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