{"id":313679,"date":"2026-08-31T15:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/?p=313679"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:55:05","slug":"rasuwa-floods-nepal-rastra-bank-warns-against-possible-fraud-in-the-name-of-rescue-fund-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/rasuwa-floods-nepal-rastra-bank-warns-against-possible-fraud-in-the-name-of-rescue-fund-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasuwa floods: Nepal Rastra Bank warns against possible fraud in the name of rescue fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has warned the general public about the fraud being carried out using fake bank accounts and QR Cards in the name of the Prime Minister Natural Disaster Relief Fund established for the rescue and relief of the people affected by the Rasuwa floods. <\/p>\n<p>The central bank issued a notice today warning everyone to avoid fraud. The central bank has urged people to be cautious of fraud by using fake bank accounts or QR codes while depositing money in the rescue fund. <\/p>\n<p>The Nepal Rastra Bank has urged to be aware of such activities as there have been incidents of unauthorized collection and fraud using fake QR codes and fake bank account details in the name of the rescue fund. The central bank has urged to pay special attention to these issues before sending the money you want to contribute to the fund in this hour of disaster. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Mandatory confirmation of account name: While transferring money through mobile banking, wallet, Connect IPS or any other means, make sure that the name of the account is &#8220;Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund&#8221;. <\/li>\n<li> Determining the amount: Pay attention to the amount you want to contribute and re-confirm it. <\/li>\n<p>Use only TAG_OPEN_li_17 the official bank account details mentioned on the website of the Rastra Bank or on the website of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers or the Ministry of Finance. <\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li> Do not scan unauthorized QR codes: Do not scan unauthorized QR codes spread on social media, e-mail and messaging apps. <\/li>\n<li> Do not give OTP, PIN or password to anyone: Do not give sensitive personal details such as OTP, PIN, password to anyone if someone asks for help in sending the assistance amount. <\/li>\n<p>Use the official application <\/p>\n<li>. <\/li>\n<p>If you feel that you have been cheated, immediately inform the concerned bank or financial institution or payment service provider, Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police or Financial Customer Protection Unit of Nepal Rastra Bank.TAG_OPEN_li_13 <\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has warned the general public about the fraud being carried out using fake bank accounts and QR Cards in the name of the Prime Minister Natural Disaster Relief Fund established for the rescue and relief of the people affected by the Rasuwa floods. The central bank issued a notice today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":229318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45117,45031,45159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bank-finance-en","category-banner-news-en","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313680,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313679\/revisions\/313680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/229318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}