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- Got income tax refund email? Govt warns it could be a scam, tells taxpayers what to do immediately
- Income Tax Department cautions taxpayers against rise in fake emails, SMS scamsThe Income Tax Department has issued a fresh public advisory cautioning taxpayers--especially senior citizens--against a growing number of ...13 Dec, 2025, 03.57 PM IST
- IRS fresh alert ahead of Christmas: Waiting for stimulus checks? Don’t fall into scammers’ trap — here’s what protections the IRS recommendsIRS is warning millions of Americans about rising identity theft and tax scams this Christmas. Holiday shopping plus tax season makes a per...04 Dec, 2025, 06.12 PM IST
- Income tax refund 'Manual Verification' email could be a trap: Know how to identify this fraud and avoidAs the tax filing season begins this year, cybercriminals are actively trying to exploit unsuspecting taxpayers by sending phishing emails ...21 Jul, 2025, 04.41 PM IST
- IRS refund scam: How scamsters duping US taxpayers by offering $1400 stimulus checkScammers are pretending to be the IRS, claiming people are eligible for a $1,400 stimulus check. They send text messages with a link that, ...21 Feb, 2025, 04.18 PM IST
- ITR refund scam FY2023-24: Don’t fall prey to this income tax refund scam, warns tax departmentIncome tax refund: ITR filers should exercise caution and authenticate all communications from the IT department using official channels. T...16 Aug, 2024, 11.53 AM IST
- Beware of income tax refund scams: I-T dept warns taxpayers against fake linksRecently, due to the coronavirus related lockdown, the tax department announced thatit would issue refunds of up to Rs 5 lakh immediately t...04 May, 2020, 12.05 PM IST
- I-T dept, GSTN, CBIC caution people against phishing emails promising refundsSeparately GST Network, the company handling the technology backbone for Goods and Services Tax, cautioned against a fraud website onlinefi...03 May, 2020, 10.43 PM IST
- Phishing email in garb of I-T dept lurking in Indian cyberspace: AdvisoryPhishing denotes to a category of cyber crime where a person's personal vital information like banking, credit card details and passwords a...22 Sep, 2019, 03.38 PM IST
- Messages luring people with fake promises of IT refunds prowling, alert issuedThe warning, that also acts as an advisory, comes at a time when the income tax returns filing season is on and CBDT has sometime back exte...08 Aug, 2018, 05.19 PM IST
- Tax season: Beware of fake mails asking for your netbanking details from I-T like addressesDon't respond to mails from donotreply@incometaxindiafilling.gov.in - it has the 'e' is missing from 'efiling' and 'filing' is spelt as 'fi...12 Jul, 2018, 12.16 PM IST
- Phishing emails: Income Tax department sends over 100 fraud links to cyber sleuthsOne such example is hackers using the email domain-- "mailto:noreply@incometaxindia.gov.in", noreply@incometaxindia.gov.in" to send such ph...21 Feb, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
- I-T Dept cautions taxpayers against sharing PINs, passwordsThe department said it does not seek confidential or financial information of the taxpayer over email.05 Feb, 2016, 04.02 PM IST
- Finance Ministry directs Income Tax department to quote email, phone numbers in noticesAn official order in this regard was issued by the Ministry sometime back on the directions of Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia.24 Dec, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
- Do not share personal data over phone, email: I-T departmentThe Income Tax department issued an advisory asking taxpayers not to share their personal financial details over email or phone.03 Nov, 2015, 02.11 PM IST
- Income Tax department launches secure email system for staff to curb fraudsTo curb misuse of official cyber tools and attempts of phishing, the Income Tax dept has rolled out a secure email system for all its emplo...12 Oct, 2014, 11.29 AM IST
- Income tax department to taxpayers: Save our official email id in inboxThe dept has issued the advisory after it found instances of validation email landing into the spam or junk folder of taxpayer's inboxes.30 Jul, 2014, 02.53 PM IST
- Beware of phishing emails, cautions Income Tax departmentPhishing is the attempt to get information such as usernames and passwords, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic commun...14 Jul, 2014, 07.02 PM IST
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