Cyber criminals use RBI governor's name to lure victims

In case you have received a mail from Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan promising you Rs 2.05 crore, beware!
Cybercriminals are sending out e-mails posing as Rajan and promising recipients a payment.
In return, they ask recipients for "fund release order fee charges" of Rs 9,500, besides other personal information like residential address, mobile phone number and bank account details as well as the pan card.
A few months ago, there was a similar attempt to defraud netizens using the name of former RBI Governor Subbarao with emails claiming RBI of offering to transfer USD 12 million to the receiver's personal account were in circulation.

The Reserve Bank, on its part, has been cautioning the public against such fictitious e-mails promising windfall gains saying it does not send out such communications.
The e-mail by cyber criminals reads: "The Foreign Exchange Transfer Department Reserve bank of India (RBI) has decided to bring to your attention, that you were listed as a beneficiary in the recent schedule for payment of outstanding debts incurred by the BRITISH GOVERNMENT Pending for the year 2009 to 2013."

The contact person listed in the mail is Gomez Faddy, whose email ID is rbipaytcenter@hotmail.Com.
"According to your file record with your email address, Your payment is categorised as: Contract type: Lottery unpaid contract funds/ Undelivered Lottery fund," it added.

The e-mail gives details of a meeting of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Rajan and RBI's Senate Tax Committee on Finance.
It further claims that Rajan has been mandated to release all "unclaimed funds" to the beneficiary stating that it is an unfair practice to withhold funds for government basket for one reason or the other for tax accumulations.
The e-mail recipient is informed that RBI will release Rs 2.05 crore once the fund release order fee is paid along with receipt of the information and pan card.
To make the transaction look genuine, the e-mail adds that only the rightful owner should reply to the mail and any double claim will lead to disqualification.

It also warns the recipient that he/she is to keep all information away from the general public for security reason.
Experts warn users to exercise caution when they receive such mails and to be careful of offers that seem too good to be true.