Default fake e-mails in the name of RBI?

Question

I received fake e-mails in the name of RBI the e-mail contains the symbols of rbi,etc. i paid rs.15,500 today as transfer approval fee to the account number:xxxxxxxxx628  It was told that the above account belongs to british office. today it was informed to me to pay Rs.96,550 to the acc no:xxxxxxxx0001, acc.name:anil prem dubey, pan . It was mailed to me that I was selected as no:8 winner in microsoft asia/uk promotion awards, an ammount of 500,000 GBP.

Answer 1

Mr Shamal,

At the outset, let me clarify that this site is designed by a group of Senior Banking Professionals to assist Bank Customers at large to provide guidance for resolution of any query / complaint / grievance in respect of financial services.  This site does not belong to any Bank or a Regulator, which may please be noted.

Such type of mails informing you that your email id has been selected for prize money, you have won a lottery etc, are received by numerous people in dozens. The prize money is normally exorbitant, inducing you to share your personal details with the purported fraudster. Thereafter, a sum in some thousands is demanded to be transferred to an unknown account. This extraction of funds continue as much as possible. Then you find no responses from that email id. My request to you and others who read this response not to fall prey to such fake mails. Even do not open the attachment with the mails otherwise there is possibility of hacking/capturing your personal information.

You have no other option to approach cyber cell of Police for lodging a cheating complaint against an unknown person for the amount already transferred. Cyber cell will track the IP address of the computer/device from which mail was sent. Thereafter, hunt will be on to nab the fraudster.

Regards

Deepak