Have you received a mail looking like this coming from admin.brt6@incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in or admin.brt4@incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in ?
The email claims to be from the Income Tax Department and inform that the income tax department has successfully completed the account audit for this quarter.
It further promises a standing tax refund and requires submission a tax refund request in order to receive refunds in your account followed by a link.
The link looking like “submit request” actually points to a phishing website developed to harvest your sensitive bank credentials like username, password, debit card number, expiry date, cvv etc.
If you receive a phishing email looking like this, report it immediately.
Just be aware that the Income Tax Department does not request detailed personal information through e-mail.
The Income Tax Department does not send e-mail requesting your PIN numbers, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts.
If you receive an e-mail from someone claiming to be the authorized by Income Tax Department or directing you to an Income Tax website:
- Do not reply.
- Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain malicious code that will infect your computer.
- Do not click on any links. If you clicked on links in a suspicious e-mail or phishing website then do not enter confidential information like bank account, credit card details.
- Do not cut and paste the link from the message into your browsers, phishers can make link look like real, but it actually send you to different websites.
- Use anti-virus software, anti spyware, and a firewall and keep them updated. Some phishing e-mails contain software that can harm your computer or track your activities on the internet without your knowledge. Anti-virus & Anti-spyware software and firewall can protect you from inadvertently accepting such unwanted files.
Identitying a phishing fraud:
Email Methods
- Subject Line enticing to take quick action
- Spoofed sender addresses
- Genuine Looking Content
- Misleading hyperlinks
Web Site Methods:
- Exact replica of the genuine website
- Forms asking for all account/card related information including PIN and transaction password
- Incorrect URL, Often appearing similar to the genuine website
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