Very Important Information to Avoid Online Fraud by Nepal Rastra Bank

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Very Important: Very Important

Information to Avoid On

line Fraud by Nepal Rastra Bank

1. Asking for money in the name of acquaintances through social media, making fake websites asking for Internet Banking or Mobile Banking User Name and Password, calling customers from bank, taking confidential information of customers, demanding money under the pretext of transferring the lottery money. It is necessary to pay special attention to avoid such frauds while conducting electronic transactions as it has been reported that frauds are being committed to motivate people to invest in devices that have been declared illegal out of greed for profit.

2. Don't give your confidential password, OTP or any other sensitive information to a stranger through any means. Mobile and other device and APP passwords need to be changed from time to time. Such passwords must be kept confidential. 3. If you request to send money by sending a message through social media or any electronic medium, before sending money, you should send money only after making sure that the same person did not ask for money through other means. 4. Don't download unnecessary and unauthorized APP to your mobile phone or other device. By downloading an unauthorized APP in this way, all your sensitive information can be detected by the criminal group. 5. The act of sending a barcode or QR code under the pretext of paying or texting that the APP's password is required should be taken as suspicious. You do not need to send any barcode, QR code or password to receive the payment. 6. Before doing electronic transactions through any website, one should only make sure that it is the official website of the concerned institution. If the address of any website starts with "https: //" then it is understood that it is safe, reliable or trustworthy so make sure that the address of the website does not start with "https: //". 7. Complaints or grievances can be lodged at https://gunaso.nrb.org.np on the portal of hearing the grievances of the bank and financial institution and the Nepal Rastra Bank where the transaction is conducted.