NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India RBI ) has issued a press release cautioning people about a fake website having a layout similar to the official central bank website. Whereas, the actual RBI website (https://www.rbi.org.in/) does not ask for any such details. In fact on the central bank's site you will find real-time details of exchange rates, policy rates etc.The RBI has clarified that as India's central bank, it does not hold any accounts for individuals and never asks for personal information such as bank account details, passwords. The Reserve Bank has cautioned citizens from falling prey to such fraudulent websites as their personal information could be misused and may cause financial and other losses.Besides the above said websites, the central bank has cautioned about sites like www.rbi.org, www.rbi.in. While the URL appear similar to the RBI's official site, they have no affiliation the Reserve Bank.It may be recalled that a couple of years back another fraudulent website by the URL http://www.rbi-inonline.org/savings.html, offering various banking facilities and asking members of public to apply on-line for opening "RBI Savings Account" was created.

Source: Economic Times February 09, 2018 06:33 UTC