{"id":49835,"date":"2019-10-30T21:40:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T16:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=49835"},"modified":"2019-10-30T21:40:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T16:10:45","slug":"website-impersonates-official-epfo-portral-offers-rs-80000-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/website-impersonates-official-epfo-portral-offers-rs-80000-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Website impersonates official EPFO portral, &#8216;offers&#8217; Rs 80,000 benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A message about Employees&#8217; Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) offering benefits worth Rs 80,000 is being shared on social media. It claims that workers who have worked between 1990 to 2019 will be able to avail the benefit, provided their name is listed on the website (<a href=\"https:\/\/socialdraw.top\/epf)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>https:\/\/socialdraw.top\/epf<\/em><\/a>). <em>&#8220;The workers who worked between the 1990 and 2019, have the rights to get the benefits of \u20b980 000 by EPFO of INDIA. Check if your name is in the list of the people who have the rights to withdraw this benefit: https:\/\/socialdraw.top\/epf&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>reads the complete message.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-30-at-2.04.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-30-at-2.04.23-PM.png 582w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-30-at-2.04.23-PM-300x103.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/>Several people have raised concerns over the authenticity of the message.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/epfoaindia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@epfoaindia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPFONarimanPt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EPFONarimanPt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRDMinistry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HRDMinistry<\/a><br \/>\nThis kind of msg is viral on WhatsApp please check and confirm the same.<br \/>\nThe workers who worked between the 1990 and 2019, have the rights to get the *benefits of \u20b980 000 by EPFO of INDIA*. Check if your name is in the list of the people<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bharat Magadum (@bharatm22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bharatm22\/status\/1187927898428039168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>EPFO calls-out &#8220;fake&#8221; website<\/h2>\n<p>EPFO&#8217;s official Twitter handle has called out the fake website.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Beware of FAKE OFFERS by Websites\/Telecalls\/SMS\/email\/Social Media, ASKING TO DEPOSIT MONEY into any Bank Account towards Claim Settlement\/Advance\/Higher Pension\/ or any other service provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EPFO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EPFO<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fraud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fraud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeCalls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeCalls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lottery?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lottery<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ekuvhcyJsq\">pic.twitter.com\/ekuvhcyJsq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EPFO (@socialepfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/socialepfo\/status\/1189141344012259329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>There are several red flags through which social media users can identify that the website is fake.<\/p>\n<p>We found that the website is impersonating the official EPFO website. Government websites generally end with the domain name, .<em>gov.in,\u00a0<\/em>whereas this website ends with <em>.top<\/em> domain. EPFO&#8217;s official website is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfindia.gov.in\/site_en\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>www.epfindia.gov.in<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49853\" style=\"width: 1898px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49853 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_00_34-Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1898\" height=\"891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_00_34-Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation.jpg 1898w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_00_34-Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_00_34-Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-768x361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_00_34-Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-1024x481.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_00_34-Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-990x465.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_00_34-Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-1320x620.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1898px) 100vw, 1898px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of EPFO&#8217;s official website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The top portion of the website &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/socialdraw.top\/epf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>socialdraw.top\/epf<\/em><\/a>&#8211; is designed to resemble the official EPFO website by posting a screenshot of the same. None of the categories like UMANG, e-passbook, ECR\/Returns\/Payments is clickable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49858\" style=\"width: 1868px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49858 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_13_05-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1868\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_13_05-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available.jpg 1868w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_13_05-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_13_05-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_13_05-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_13_05-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-990x475.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-16_13_05-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-1320x634.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1868px) 100vw, 1868px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of the fake website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The website asks users to answer a set of questions, like &#8216;are you 18 years old&#8217;, &#8216;did you work in the period between 1990 to 2019&#8217;, &#8216;are you currently working somewhere&#8217;, and so on. Subsequently, the user is asked to send the message to other people on WhatsApp, until a supposed threshold limit is reached. This is the typical method applied by shoddy websites to dupe people online and extract their personal information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-14_36_18-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-14_36_18-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available.png 1007w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-14_36_18-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-14_36_18-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-14_36_18-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-74x55.png 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-30-14_36_18-EPFO-India_-Benefits-available-990x724.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whois.com\/whois\/socialdraw.top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>WHOIS<\/em><\/a>, this website was created in mid-October this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49860\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Socialdraw.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Socialdraw.png 1020w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Socialdraw-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Socialdraw-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Socialdraw-990x483.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-honda-is-not-giving-away-300-free-activa-scooters-this-diwali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a similar fake website impersonating as Honda&#8217;s website, which claimed that the company is giving away 300 Activa 5g scooters for free on Diwali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message about Employees&#8217; Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) offering benefits worth Rs 80,000 is being shared on social media. It claims that workers who have worked between 1990 to 2019 will be able to avail the benefit, provided their name is listed on the website (https:\/\/socialdraw.top\/epf). &#8220;The workers who worked between the 1990 and 2019, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":49970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-49835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Website impersonates official EPFO portral, &#039;offers&#039; Rs 80,000 benefits - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Website impersonates official EPFO portral, &#039;offers&#039; Rs 80,000 benefits - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A message about Employees&#8217; Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) offering benefits worth Rs 80,000 is being shared on social media. 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