New Delhi: In the Corona era, cases of online fraud are constantly
increasing. In such a situation, the State Bank of India has also issued an alert
for its customers. The bank said that in the month of March alone, there has
been an increase of 667 percent in the incidence of account emptying through
fraud. According to the report released by the Barrakkuda Network, three types
of phishing attacks based on the Kovid-19 theme have been seen. These are
scamming, brand impression, and tampering with business email. Apart from this,
the incidence of ATM cloning has also increased.
Most people are using internet banking:
Due to Coronavirus, most people are still using digital mediums.
In such a situation, banks are also taking measures on their behalf to make
digital transactions secure. Fishing cases are coming out especially in metros. Cybercriminals are also trying to grab internet banking details of
customers by adopting various tricks. In view of this, SBI has prepared an
additional feature on its website to protect customers.
Lock-unlock feature started:
The bank has written on its official website onlineSBI.com that
customers can lock-unlock their internet banking facility anytime. This
facility has been given to customers on the login page available on the NetBanking
website. However, only retail customers of the bank can avail of this facility.
This is how you can avail of this facility:
- First, go to the website of onlinesbi.com.
- After this, you will see the option of lock and unlock the user on the page.
- You enter your
Internet banking username, account number, and captcha code.
- After this,
select the Lock User Access option from the drop-down menu.
- After reading the terms and conditions, click on OK for verification.
- An OTP will be sent to your mobile number and email ID.
- After this, lock your net banking access by submitting OTP.
- However, keep in mind that to unlock the net banking facility, you will have to visit your home branch. No charge will be taken from the bank for unlocking.
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April 27, 2020
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