With the last date of ITR filing on 31st July passing, cyber thugs have started robbing people by sending fake refund messages. In such a situation, now taxpayers are being instructed to be cautious of such fake messages. The Income Tax Department has advised taxpayers not to fall prey to fake pop-up messages. People waiting for refund after filing ITR need to be careful.
Actually, cyber thugs are sending messages to people. It is being written in it that an income tax refund of Rs 15,000 has been approved in your name. It is written in the message that this amount will soon be credited to the taxpayer’s account. After this, it is said to verify the account number and update the bank account details on a link. The Income Tax Department has asked the taxpayers not to give any response to such messages.
According to the Income Tax Department, this link takes the taxpayers to a fake website. When he updates his account there, an OTP is sent to him. As soon as that OTP is entered, the scammers break into the bank account. Therefore, if anyone is receiving any message related to income tax refund on their mobile, in which there is talk of verifying the bank account number or any other information, then it is important to be cautious of such messages.
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There is a risk of your bank account getting emptied if you reply to such a message. The Income Tax Department does not send any SMS or email containing a link to the taxpayers. After processing the ITR, the department sends the tax refund directly to the same bank account of the taxpayer which he has given while filing the ITR. Along with this, information about this is given through a message on the registered email or mobile number.
If the department needs any information related to the bank account, it sends a message to the registered email of the taxpayer. Despite this, if someone falls prey to these fraudsters, he should use the ‘Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System’. Through this, an amount of Rs 2,400 crore has been saved in more than 7.6 lakh complaints. This system is proving to be effective in immediately reporting online fraud and saving the looted money.
A toll-free helpline number ‘1930’ can be used to help register cyber complaints online. Following complaints lodged on this portal, more than 5.8 lakh SIM cards and 1 lakh 8 thousand IMEIs have been blocked. The conversion of cyber crime incidents reported on this portal into FIRs and the subsequent action taken are regulated by the respective states as per the provisions of the law.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)