RBI Alerts Public Against Fraudulent Bank Account Mobile app

12 April, Mumbai

Cautioning public against a fraudulent bank account mobile app in its name, the Reserve Bank said that it has not developed any such application.

In a statement Saturday , the Reserve Bank said that it has come to its notice that an app application is doing rounds on WhatsApp purportedly to facilitate checking of balance in customers’ bank accounts.

The application has an RBI logo with the title ‘All Bank Balance Enquiry No’ and has listed several banks with either a mobile number or call centre number.