Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) issued an alert for all members saying that EPFO never asks for the personal information of any member through phone, e-mail, or social media. Never share any personal information with anyone through all these mediums.
Posted on social media
EPFO posted on its official social media account X and wrote that beware of fake calls and messages. EPFO never asks for any personal information from members through phone, e-mail, and social media.
Along with this, EPFO also shared a poster on social media, in which it was written that 'Be careful, be alert', never share your UAN/password/PAN/Aadhaar/bank account details/OTP or any other personal or financial details. Do not share with anyone. EPFO or its employees never ask for these details on message, phone, e-mail, WhatsApp, or social media.
File a complaint in the cyber crime branch
EPFO said in the poster that beware of fake calls/messages asking for such information and if anyone asks you for such information, immediately report to the police/cyber crime branch.
Contact EPFO helpline
Apart from this, you can call EPFO helpline 14470 to know about PF, pension or EDLI schemes of FPFO. This helpline is open from 7 am to 9 pm. Apart from English, you can also get information here in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Assamese.
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