It has come to the notice of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) that certain individuals have received communication wherein sender falsely claims to be an official of SEBI using letter head, logo and seal of SEBI. It is noted in certain instances that, sender issued notices through Social Media Platforms asking for payment of fine to prevent SEBI from taking action against the recipient, sender forged Sale Certificate to show that he was a buyer of PACL property, sender issued fake Certificate of use of third party vendor account.
Communication from SEBI can be verified from the website of SEBI (www.sebi.gov.in) as follows:
- Enforcement>Orders.”>Every Order passed by SEBI bears a unique reference number and is available on the SEBI website under the path Home>Enforcement>Orders.
- Every Recovery Certificate issued by SEBI is available on the SEBI website under the path Home>Enforcement>Recovery Proceedings.
- Every official communication such as letter, notice, Show cause Notice, Summons etc. issued by SEBI bears a unique document identification number (UDIN). The same may be verified from the SEBI website under the path Home>Authenticate Document Number Issued by SEBI.
- Names, email IDs and contact numbers of SEBI officials are available on the SEBI website under the path Home > About SEBI Directory.
- Official electronic communication from SEBI is issued through the official email IDs of SEBI official. These email IDs end with domain address @sebi.gov.in.
