Fake Income Tax Website address

sivaram (Asst Mgr-Taxation) (6918 Points)

02 March 2010

FYI..........

Hello,

Good Morning Friends.

I would like to share some information about e-Tax Refund

Yesterday, I could find an email in my yahoo inbox from Income Tax Department of India – Tax Refund. I was just surprised to see this email asking for my bank accounts & Card details with ATM PIN.

For your Information, the intimation emails cannot be sent from any of government websites to any particular person. Later, I could find this email was Fake & the source of this email was from outside INDIA.

Please Beware before filing the Income Tax Returns online.

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This was the email in my yahoo mail

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This was the website, I was directed to, after following the link

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In the Tax Refund Online Form – all fields were compulsory to be filled – like card number, bank account details, Credit card CVV number & ATM PIN etc

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See the web address

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This is the Official website Income Tax Deaprtment of India, see the difference