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New Delhi: SBI Alert. If you are a customer of the country's largest bank State Bank of India (SBI), be alert, because the bank has recently given an important update, if you do not know about it, your bank account may be emptied, so you must know about this new fraud. State Bank of India (SBI) has said that do not click on any link sent through SMS or WhatsApp and do not download any application or file. Otherwise, you can be a victim of a big incident.

the State Bank of India (SBI) has alerted customers about many such fake messages being received, warning customers about fake reward point redemption notifications.

Fake links coming for a corporate loyalty program

Let us tell you that the bank gives points to customers for a corporate loyalty program on regular transactions done through different banking channels. The value of each point is equal to 25 paise, however, it is worth noting that many customers are not able to use these points for months. Hackers can use this remaining balance for their benefit.
 

Customers should never do this

State Bank of India (SBI) has advised its customers not to click on any link sent through SMS or WhatsApp and also not to download any application or file. This can cause you to get a virus that can leak all the important banking information on your phone and if these private details reach a hacker, you can face a big fraud.

Let us tell you that cyber criminals keep adopting new methods to cheat customers, so you should be alert about fake APK links, otherwise, they can empty the account of the customers in the greed of using reward points. So the bank has said that it never sends links on SMS or WhatsApp.