NEW DELHI : The income tax department today asked taxpayers to be careful with any messages they get related to income tax refunds as it could be a phishing message to trick assessees.
A typical fake message, designed to look like an official message from the department, reads like this: "Due to Covid-19 outbreak, central govt.
has decided to provide tax refund to ALL taxpayers, in order to provide them financial ease during lockdown. Click below to claim your refund. (Phishing web link)".
In an advisory, the income tax department warned taxpayers that they have not sent any such communication. "The department would like to advise tax payers, not to click or entertain any such communication that they receive.