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Tax scams targeting Mobile Users

  Recently the I.T department has noticed the new type of cybercrime. The tax scam is one of them. Cyber criminals have targeted mobile users for tax scams. Income tax return filing dates have become the tax scam season for cyber criminals & this shows that there is still not enough E- literacy among netizens.   What is a Tax Scam? As per the report published by The Hindu [1] , the messages sent out by the imposters to people right around the deadline for filing Income tax returns. Those messages contain –‘the person’s income tax refund has been approved and mentions a random bank account number next to it.’ Clicking on the link more, opens a website that appears just like I-T Department’s official website. When the target enters his login credentials on that website, subsequent step needs the target to enter checking account details, which can currently be simply accessible to the scammer, who sent the message.   In starting, scammers will simply use it to transfer the I-T refund