Beware of 'fake messages' in the name of the Income Tax Department
Friday - February 7, 2020 2:23 pm ,
Category : WTN SPECIAL
Nowadays, forgery is being done through technology
Check 'SMS Short Code' before trusting any message in the name of the Income Tax Department
FEB 07 (WTN) - In this era of technology, the methods of forgery and cheating have also changed. In the Internet era, fraudsters and thugs are cheating users by taking advantage of their mistake, carelessness, and greed. From time to time, the Reserve Bank and other banks of the country keep alerting people as to how they can avoid fraud. But this time, the Income Tax Department has alerted crores of taxpayers to avoid forgery. After all, what is the whole matter? Let you know about it in detail.
In fact, the Income Tax Department in its alert has advised taxpayers to avoid fake SMS. According to the Income Tax Department, if you get any SMS in the name of the Income Tax Department, there is no need to trust such messages immediately. Because if you execute any message in the name of the Income Tax Department without checking it, then you may be a victim of fraud. In order to make taxpayers wary of such fake messages, the Income Tax Department has tweeted and informed the taxpayers.
According to the Income Tax Department, read it carefully before clicking on any SMS in the name of the Income Tax Department so that you can avoid being a victim of fraud. In order to avoid taxpayers from any kind of fraud through SMS, the Income Tax Department has issued the SMS Short Code. Accordingly, ITDEPT, ITDEFL, TDSCPS, ITDCPC, CMCPCI, INSIGT, SBICMP, NSDLTN, NSDLDP, and UTIPAN are the only trusted sources. That is if SMS comes from these sources, then they are the correct SMS and sent by the Income Tax Department.
That is, if any a message comes to you in the name of the Income Tax Department, so before trusting that message, carefully check what the SMS short code of that message is. If the short code is one of the short codes issued by the Income Tax Department, then only believe that the relevant message has been sent by the Income Tax Department, otherwise do not forget to click on the link on that message. By the way, if a fake message comes in the name of the Income Tax Department, then there is no need to reply to that message and give your bank account and personal information. Because you do this, it can cause you financial loss.
Actually, it has been seen that people get scared due to the message that comes from the Income Tax Department and believe the message without thinking. But for your information, let us tell you that fraudsters are cheating taxpayers in the name of Income Tax Department by cheating them, and getting information about taxpayers' bank details and doing unauthorized transactions from their bank account. In such a situation, taxpayers need to be very cautious.
But if you get a fake message in the name of the Income Tax Department, or an e-mail that contains a link to a website like the Income Tax Department, then do not click on such a link first. If you have clicked on it, do not send any information sought on the message or the mail. If you feel that an attempt is being made to cheat you with a message or an e-mail, you can also complain about it. For this you can complain about this at http: //www.webmanager@incometax.gov.in or http: //www.incident@cert-in.org.in. Remember, you are safe in your alertness.
FEB 07 (WTN) - In this era of technology, the methods of forgery and cheating have also changed. In the Internet era, fraudsters and thugs are cheating users by taking advantage of their mistake, carelessness, and greed. From time to time, the Reserve Bank and other banks of the country keep alerting people as to how they can avoid fraud. But this time, the Income Tax Department has alerted crores of taxpayers to avoid forgery. After all, what is the whole matter? Let you know about it in detail.
In fact, the Income Tax Department in its alert has advised taxpayers to avoid fake SMS. According to the Income Tax Department, if you get any SMS in the name of the Income Tax Department, there is no need to trust such messages immediately. Because if you execute any message in the name of the Income Tax Department without checking it, then you may be a victim of fraud. In order to make taxpayers wary of such fake messages, the Income Tax Department has tweeted and informed the taxpayers.
According to the Income Tax Department, read it carefully before clicking on any SMS in the name of the Income Tax Department so that you can avoid being a victim of fraud. In order to avoid taxpayers from any kind of fraud through SMS, the Income Tax Department has issued the SMS Short Code. Accordingly, ITDEPT, ITDEFL, TDSCPS, ITDCPC, CMCPCI, INSIGT, SBICMP, NSDLTN, NSDLDP, and UTIPAN are the only trusted sources. That is if SMS comes from these sources, then they are the correct SMS and sent by the Income Tax Department.
That is, if any a message comes to you in the name of the Income Tax Department, so before trusting that message, carefully check what the SMS short code of that message is. If the short code is one of the short codes issued by the Income Tax Department, then only believe that the relevant message has been sent by the Income Tax Department, otherwise do not forget to click on the link on that message. By the way, if a fake message comes in the name of the Income Tax Department, then there is no need to reply to that message and give your bank account and personal information. Because you do this, it can cause you financial loss.
Actually, it has been seen that people get scared due to the message that comes from the Income Tax Department and believe the message without thinking. But for your information, let us tell you that fraudsters are cheating taxpayers in the name of Income Tax Department by cheating them, and getting information about taxpayers' bank details and doing unauthorized transactions from their bank account. In such a situation, taxpayers need to be very cautious.
But if you get a fake message in the name of the Income Tax Department, or an e-mail that contains a link to a website like the Income Tax Department, then do not click on such a link first. If you have clicked on it, do not send any information sought on the message or the mail. If you feel that an attempt is being made to cheat you with a message or an e-mail, you can also complain about it. For this you can complain about this at http: //www.webmanager@incometax.gov.in or http: //www.incident@cert-in.org.in. Remember, you are safe in your alertness.
