EPFO News: Do not share confidential information over phone, social media, says retirement fund body; tells how to keep data secure

EPFO Fraud News: The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has time and again asked its members not to share certain confidential information anywhere to protect their hard-earned money. In one of its recent tweets also, EPFO has reminded the members regarding this.

"#EPFO never asks its members to share their personal details like Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, Bank Account or OTP over phone or on social media," the recent tweet from EPFO's official Twitter handle said.

#EPFO never asks its members to share their personal details like Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, Bank Account or OTP over phone or on social media.#EPFO कभी भी अपने सदस्यों से व्यक्तिगत विवरण जैसे आधार, पैन, यूएएन, बैंक खाता या ओटीपी फोन या सोशल मीडिया पर साझा करने के लिए नहीं कहता है। pic.twitter.com/mhhGS3uh9I

— EPFO (@socialepfo) February 20, 2022

The EPFO members must note that EPFO never asks for any personal detail like Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, bank account, OTP over phone, social media, WhatsApp and other. Furthermore, EPFO never asks to deposit any money through WhatsApp or social media, for any any services.

The EPFO has advised its members never to respond to any such calls or messages asking for personal details as they are all fraudulent activities.

The EPFO members must be aware of how to keep their documents secured online. They must note certain EPFO services that are available on DigiLocker. DigiLocker is a secure cloud-based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents and certificates. The app is available for download on the Android and iOS devices.

The EPFO services available on DigiLocker are:

1) UAN card

2) Pension Payment Order (PPO)

3) Scheme Certificate

The EPFO members should know that in order to avail the above-mentioned services on DigiLocker, one has to register with DigiLocker in the first place. Then one has to verify oneself and after that one has to fetch the documents on DigiLocker.

In this context, it can be said that EPFO has added 14.6 lakh subscribers on a net basis in December 2021, an increase of 16.4 per cent compared to the year-ago period, according to the latest payroll data. The provisional payroll data of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) released on Sunday showed that the EPFO had added 12.54 lakh net subscribers during Decem.

In case of any query and further details, the EPFO members can login to the official EPFO website at epfindia.gov.in.