The I-T department has asked tax payers not to give out personal details like PAN card number and information about their credit cards on the internet in the wake of mushrooming fake e-mails hitting users’ inboxes. Viewing with concern the spurt in fictitious and unauthorised e-mails landing in personal internet addresses of many people, the department is adding a word of ‘caution’ at the end of each mail sent by them.
“A number of tax payers have received e-mails with subjects like “tax refund” and “seeking refunds” prompting us to take such measures. Such messages continue to land in big numbers in individual e-mails,” a senior I-T department official said.
The department has also asked tax payers to avoid replying to e-mail addresses like lhxbkw@accounts.Net, cvhfvs@accounts.Net and nvfmfi@accounts.Net .
These are some of the e-mail id’s which have been found to be fake. Unauthorised e-mail addresses could be more than the reported ones and hence taxpayers should avoid them. The I-T department mail is only to be read and keep oneself updated but not to be replied, the official said.
