Income Tax Department: These days cybercriminals are adopting new ways to cheat. Recently many cases of income tax refund scam have come to the fore. In such a situation, to avoid this, check the latest update in the news.
Cybercriminals adopt new methods to cheat people. Sometimes they try to break into people’s bank accounts by pretending to be bank officials, and sometimes they try to grab money in some other way. Cyber criminals are now trying to cheat income tax payers on the pretext of getting Income Tax Refund.
In the name of income tax refund, taxpayers are receiving fake emails (Income Tax Department Fake Email) and SMS on a large scale these days. If you accidentally click on the link given in the mail in order to get the refund, then you too can become a victim of big cyber fraud.
Messages are being sent with names similar to the official e-mail and website of the Income Tax Department. If you also get such e-mail or SMS to get refund from the Income Tax Department, then you need to be careful. Blindly trusting any such mail or SMS means hitting an ax on your foot.
According to a report, messages are being sent to give income tax refund on a large scale. Cyber experts say that this message is a kind of trap. If someone gets caught in its trap, then he can become a victim of big fraud. Tax expert Manoj Pahwa says that not only e-mail, efforts are being made to trap people through fake SMS and WhatsApp of IT refund.