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Has someone recently sent you an email promising to assist you in downloading your e-PAN card? Scammers are always changing ways to entice and trick their victims. Do not fall for such emails as they are fraudulent. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check has identified a phishing scam in which phony emails purporting to be from the Income Tax Department trick users into downloading their e-PAN cards.
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PIBFactCheck: This is a Fake email. Never reply to calls, texts, emails, or links requesting sensitive or financial information.” — PIBFactCheck (@PIBFactCheck) What is PAN 2.
0? According to the HDFC Bank website, “PAN 2.0 is the Income Tax Department's latest project for digital e-PAN Cards. These new PAN Cards will feature a QR code for enhanced security and fraud prevention.
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What is phishing? According to the Income Tax website, “Phishing is the process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from financial institutions, popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail or instant messaging and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one.
” Here is an advisory from the Income Tax Department If you receive an e-mail from someone claiming to be the authorized by the Income Tax Department or directing you to an Income Tax website, follow these steps: Do not reply. Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain malicious code that will infect your computer.
Do not click on any links. If you clicked on links in a suspicious e-mail or phishing website then do not enter confidential information like bank account, credit card details. Do not cut and paste the link from the message on your browsers, phishers can make the link look real, but it can actually send you to malicious websites.
Use anti-virus software, anti spyware, and a firewall and update them regularly. Some phishing e-mails contain software that can harm your computer or track your activities on the internet without your knowledge. Anti-virus & Anti-spyware software and firewall can protect you from inadvertently accepting such unwanted files.
How to report phishing scams? If you receive an e-mail or find any website that you think might be a fake website, forward the e-mail or website URL to [email protected].
You can also forward a copy to [email protected] You may forward the message as received or provide the Internet header of the e-mail.
The Internet header has additional information to help us locate the sender. After you forward the e-mail or header information to the tax department, delete the message..
