Railways alert banks of online fraud targeting pensioners
The Hindu
Ministry of Railways has alerted all public sector banks about the modus operandi of the fraudsters, who managed to access the pensioners’ service records.
In a new online fraud, cyber criminals have been targeting senior citizens by posing as pension-disbursing authorities calling to update Digital Life Certificate (Jeevan Praman Patr) online. The Ministry of Railways has alerted all public sector banks about the modus operandi of the fraudsters, who managed to access the pensioners’ service records. The issue was first flagged by the Cyber Crime Cell of the Lucknow Police, who issued an alert to all pensioners in Uttar Pradesh not to entertain any caller offering online update of Digital Life Certificate, which is a mandatory requirement for uninterrupted disbursement of pension.More Related News













