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Scammers Offering Tax Refunds

Fraudsters never seem to rest. They have now turned their attention towards phishing using the Indian Income Tax Department’s name and branding. It is the season of tax returns in India and it is well known that people will file their income tax returns for the end of the fiscal year in India. Hence, phishers have chosen the right time to phish the market since most users will not be aware of these attacks.

Attackers are sending spam email messages with subject lines such as, “Tax Return!“ with the below body text:

“Dear applicant, After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible a tax refund of XXX Rupees. To access the form for your tax refund please click here.”

The link that is provided is titled “Tax Refund Online Form” and it leads to a phishing site that is a spoofed version of the Indian Tax Department site, incometaxindia.gov.in. The phishing Web page asks customers to submit their sensitive information such as personal information and bank or credit card details.

Below is a screenshot of one such phishing site:

 
 
After submitting the information the page redirects to the legitimate site of the Indian Tax Department. The domain name of the fraudulent site is hosted on U.S.-based servers.

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  • Attacks on Indian Income Tax Department Continue (March 15, 2010)

    Symantec previously reported a phishing attack on the Indian Income Tax Department. Phishing emails boasting of tax refunds were sent to users in an attempt to entice citizens to enter their credentials on a bogus website. Recently, new attacks

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One Comment on “Scammers Offering Tax Refunds”

  • niliven wrote on 18 February, 2010, 21:33

    Hello,

    Thanks for this information about Tax Refunds.
    the IRS needs all of the right forms in the right order, and a computer can get your data organized

    Thanks.

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