The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday cautioned members of the public that it has come across a fake website www.indiareserveban.org created by some unknown person(s) with a layout similar to the original RBI website and containing a provision for ‘Bank verification with online account-holders’.

The RBI cautioned that responding online on such websites could result in compromising crucial personal information that may be misused.

According to an RBI statement, the ‘Bank verification with online account-holders” provision on the fake website appears to have been created with a fraudulent intent to obtain personal and confidential details of customers of banks.

The RBI clarified that it does not hold any accounts for individuals and never asks for personal information such as bank account details, passwords, etc.

Further, the RBI said members of public are also cautioned about existence of websites such as www.rbi.org, www.rbi.in, etc. “These URLs (uniform resource locators) may appear similar to the website of the RBI. However, these websites have no affiliation with the Reserve Bank of India,” the central bank said. #casansaar (Source - PTI, The HinduBusinessLine)