Beware! Fraudsters Are Trying to Cheat with SBI’s Fake Website
Moneylife Digital Team 13 April 2020
As if the corona virus (COVID19) pandemic had not affected money matters for common people, some fraudsters have even created a new website that too in the name of State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender.
 
SBI has two basic portals, www.sbi.co.in that is used for corporate information and 
www.onlinesbi.com for internet banking. The bank has also bought its own domain extension .sbi (like .com or .co.in) and uses that as well. 
 
However, misusing the bank's online banking portal, fraudsters created a new portal www.onlinesbi.digital similar to SBI's own online website, onlinesbi.com. These fraudsters then started sending SMS to customers with their fraud link seeking user credentials.
 
 
Good news is, after noticing the fake website www.onlinesbi.digital, SBI took necessary steps and this portal is now disabled. 
 
For mobile banking SBI has provided three official apps. YONO SBI is the bank’s latest mobile banking offering and is an extension of its other two apps, SBI Anywhere and SBI Net Banking. So if you are a SBI customer, make sure you are using only one of these apps for mobile banking.
 
As a basic precaution, never click on any link received on SMS or social media like WhatsApp or Telegram for any transaction that is not started by you. Also, if you want to visit the bank's website, then type the complete URL instead of clicking on readymade search result. Further, do check if the bank website uses https in the web address or. If it is just http without the 's' then do not carry out any transaction on this portal.  
 
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Comments
nandy.res08
5 years ago
SBI banking staff is not co-operative. They never try to help their customers. My case of unauthorized transaction on 19th November shows the acute case of data breach. Also the fact that the cybercriminal took cash beyond the upper withdrawal limit shows that the banking portals are infected with viruses. I am still under stress and almost lost hope of getting my money back. SBI staff have hardly any knowledge of RBI guidelines which mandate that the customer should get money back if it be a case of pilferage through 3rd party apps which is Airtel in my case. Worse than that SBI seems to be a theft partner to Airtel, as my OTP reaches my Airtel number though I have already changed it after fraud.
asisgr
Replied to nandy.res08 comment 5 years ago
Did you get your money back.. I am also the victim of the same.
Ramesh Popat
6 years ago
good one!
raneamrane
6 years ago
INBEF leader has written a dozen letters to FM, IBA, Central Bank of India. They r not even acknowledging. Bank Employees r thrown open to Pandemic. The Employees r helpless. It is high time that Bank employees should avoid attending duties, unless proper protection is provided at Bank branches. No one is going to give them medals if they fall victim to Corona Pandemic.
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