In
a motive to promote digital transactions, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi had announced a new app called BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money)
on December 30. While the app is at the top of Google charts with more than 3
million downloads, the same platform which is filled with numerous duplicate
apps. Some of the names with which the fake apps are listed on Google Play
Store are: BHIM UPI Bank No internet, BHIM payment updater 2017, Modi Bhim,
BHIM App-Radio Jay Bhim, Bhim Modi App, Bhim Modi, BHIM Payment-UPI Guide, BHIM
Banking guide, BHIM banking, Modi ka Bhim and many more. Some of these
apps also act as a guide to using the original BHIM app but all they do is
redirect it to the actual app. There is one app which claims to even verify
your new Rs 2,000 currency note.
You
need not worry but just keep a few things in mind before downloading and using
the app. The payments app based on Aadhaar has been developed by the National
Payment Corporation of India (NPCI). Even their Twitter handle warns users from
downloading duplicate apps. You should not go to a third party play store, but
only on Google’s own Play Store when downloading the app. The app should have
NPCL’s name in the developer’s category. Stay away from apps which have website
domains in the title. You can download the app from this link: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.org.npci.upiapp
Beware this not an official
app. We request users not to download any other app other than the official #BHIM app.
https://t.co/YYcP48mipE
— BHIM (@NPCI_BHIM) January
1, 2017
Most
of the apps only consist of lists, but there are some of them which ask you for
access to your pictures and data, which can be dangerous. After downloading the
BHIM app from the Play store, the user has to register his/her bank account and
set up a UPI Pin for it. So, beware before downloading fake apps.
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