[Resolved]  Income Tax Department Of India Online Department — Fraud e-mail from Income Tax Department of India Online Department

I have recieved this mail. It asked me to fill the form through this "please click here (http://mail.fasteners.ru/icons/inf.html)" address in the braces was not visible. I clicked on it but to failed to access. Kindly let me know whether this is a fraud or not

I received same mail. I doubt that its authenticity

I rec'd the same mail with same contents. There is not even a small change in the contents of the mail.
I too doubt the mail
The link provided in the mail did not work.
Would like to know what best could be done

Reply is appreciated
Thanks
Arun

I have received the mail with similar contents. Therefore I doubt its authenticity. further, the link provided in the mail did not work. the IT dept should warn the public against such mails. Please reply
S.Bedi

I also received a mail with the same contents. I presume it is a fraud mail otherwise how the amount mentioned in the mail remains same in each of these mails?.

even I think this is spam. got same mail 2day. dont believ its authenicity. hope some action can be taken of this and hope someone is makin note of this and it is not just blank talk in cyberspace.
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Dear Income Tax Department of India customer,

After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are going to receive a tax refund of $820.50 Rupees.

Please submit the tax refund form and allow 3-5 days in order to approve it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.For example submitting invalid records or sending the form after the deadline.

To complete the form, please Click Here. : It took me too

http://intaxdepartamenet.com/Folder/

(Realised tht there was something fishy!)

NOTE!
For security reasons your ip may be recorded..

Thank you,
Income Tax Department of India Online Department.

IWOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR REFUND TO ME $820.50, SO YOU CAN SEND THE MONEY THROUGH WESTERN UNION, MY ADRESS IS YOUSUF SHAIBU YOUSUF, P, O BOX 409, MANGOCHI, MALAWI.

Please confirm from Income tax department on thegenuineness of the refund vide the the on line intimation from income tax department dated[protected].
Nabakumar Duary

I also got a same email today, its a fraudulent email don't take any action, and report as spam on your email.

WARNING TO AL NOT TO FALL INTO THIS TRAP
THE MINUTE YOU GIVE THEM YOUR NUMBER THEY WILL ACCESS YOUR BANK ACCOUNT...

This fraud e-mail was sent to me 3 days back.i am forwarding it to your goodselves to enlighten the others on the scam ' as who would not like a refund from the I.T '.
regards
ashok
TEXT OF MESSAGE RECEIVED WITH I.T.LOGO AND NAME:-
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Dear Income Tax Department of India customer,

After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are going to receive a tax refund of $820.50 Rupees.

Please submit the tax refund form and allow 3-5 days in order to approve it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.For example submitting invalid records or sending the form after the deadline.

To complete the form, please Click Here. :

http://intaxdepartamenet.com/Folder/

(I Realised that there was something fishy!)

NOTE!
For security reasons your ip may be recorded..

Thank you,
Income Tax Department of India Online D/img710/3578/income.gif

Dear All,
I also received such mail. Good. How the people developed to such extent. Very good development.

IT — FRAUD INCOME TAX MAIL

I have received a mail, which looks like 1 from Income Tax department. It says "you are eligible to receive a tax refund" and given a link to online refund form also. If you are getting a mail like this please ignore. It is nothing but phishing. Don't give your debit/credit card details.

Dear applicant,

After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity,
we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of
820.50 Rupees.
Bank account holders at the Bank of India,
will receive the money within 12 hours after filling the form.

To Access the form for your tax refund please click here:
Tax Refund Online Form

Thank You.

Department of Revenue,Ministry of Finance Government of India

I received this mail in my Yahoo inbox – when I clicked the link ( because I am due for a tax refund), it took me to a surprisingly authentic looking IT Dept website.

Please be warned that this is a phishing site & asks for ur bank account to transfer the refund.



Read this article below on the scam.

http://traversecode.com/2010/01/27/scam-mail-targeting-indian-users-tax-refund-o...⇄

I also received the Same mail 2 - 3 times. NOw it is clear to me that it's a PHISING. We Indian should do something on this ...

Sir,

I am receiving the below Emails (please check the details below) and today (12:40 AM 2/19/2010), I received the same email with an attachment link (http://24.139.11.80/fes.htm), when I clicked on the link, it is taken directly to this weblink

"http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/PAN/Overview.asp"

Note: I tracked the IP address and found that the IP address from Canada.
[protected][protected][protected][protected]

Email Received:

Email Id: "Income Tax Department" <[protected]@tpschjem.com>

Subject Name:
-Tax return !
-Tax Refund Notification !
-Tax refund[protected].50 Rupees
-Tax Refund : Customers Bank of India have priority

Starting Date:
-Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:09 AM
- Saturday, February 13, 2010 6:36 AM
- Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:30 AM
- Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:49 AM

Description:

"Dear applicant,
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined
that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 820.50 Rupees.
Bank account holders at the Bank of India, will receive the money within 12 hours after filling the form.
To Access your tax refund please complete the form attached to this email .
[protected][protected][protected][protected]
Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance Government of India"

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Now, please let me know what are these Emails about? Is this Emails sent from your Department or any SCAM Emails ? If this is SCAM please do the needful.

Please help me sir.

I think this is a spam mail. Below is the mail that I got. The attached form asks for details like CVV number, ATM Pin etc also. I hope someone will take action on people behind it.

Income Tax India <[protected]@incometaxindia.co.in>
to
dateThu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:11 AM
subjectTax Refunds Form

hide details 2:11 AM (9 hours ago)

From: Income Tax Departament [mailito:[protected]@incometaxindia.gov.in]
Subject: Rapid Tax Refunds

Dear applicant,
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined
that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 150000 Rupees.

Bank account holders at the Bank of India, will receive the money within 12 hours after filling the form
To Access your tax refund please complete the form attached to this email .
If you are using Internet Explorer please allow ActiveX for scripts to perform all data transfers securely.
[protected][protected][protected][protected]

Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance Government of India
If you are using Internet Explorer please allow ActiveX for scripts to perform all data transfers securely.

This is something I have also been receiving on a daily basis for last 2 months. Is there any way to put a stop to this..

Thanks for all the posts - when i received this mail, i first searched the net to get info about these similar suspect mails - mine read like this
[protected][protected][protected][protected][protected][protected]

From: Income Tax Departament [mailito:[protected]@incometaxindia.gov.in]
Subject: Rapid Tax Refunds

Dear applicant,
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined
that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 150000 Rupees.

Bank account holders at the Bank of India, will receive the money within 12 hours after filling the form
To Access your tax refund please complete the form attached to this email .
[protected][protected][protected][protected][protected][protected]
Here is the header information in my email - hoping somebody can reconfirm and hence track the source

From Income Tax India Wed Mar 3 21:52:26 2010
Return-Path: <[protected]@incometaxindia.co.in>
X-YMailISG: s_VsugsWLDvsCOXO3VErzTMsuYeDakrRm0JZaioxWnnQatkWiO9d5SABvfGOtYgZsojLWHsgeumNPYCl...⇄
X-Originating-IP: [196.212.80.206]
Authentication-Results: mta1022.mail.sk1.yahoo.com from=; domainkeys=neutral (no sig); from=incometaxindia.co.in; dkim=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 127.0.0.1 (EHLO livingstonecrichton.co.za) (196.212.80.206)
by mta1022.mail.sk1.yahoo.com with SMTP; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:35:08 -0800
Received: from User ([217.91.38.221]) by livingstonecrichton.co.za with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830);
Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:52:26 +0200
From: "Income Tax India"<[protected]@incometaxindia.co.in>
Subject: Tax Refunds Form
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:52:26 +0100
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Bcc:
Return-Path: [protected]@incometaxindia.co.in
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income tax scam — income tax refund

Dear Sir,

i have received this mail from the income tax Dept and the interested thing is that till now i have not paid any income tax then how i will get the refund.




Dear Valued Taxpayer,

Read this message carefully and delete after submssion of refund.

We have reviewed your tax fiscal payments for previous months and your filed returns online,with this effect we have determined that you are eligible to get a tax refund of INR 42,184.50

Please CLICK HERE and submit a confirmation refund request.

NOTE: Refund cannot be made to account owner that submitted invalid account information Example, Typing in letter A instead of G which makes your information incorrect will totally disqualify owner from Tax Refund.We will make an additional investigation with your bank for wrong submission of information and get rid of such account with wrong information because we will take it that it was submitted by a wrong owner.Please also note that refund takes three weeks to get processed and refund to rightful owners account.


The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)




My Account Has Not Been Credited

In case credit is not effected in the taxpayer account through ECS within three weeks but the refund advice has been received by the taxpayer AND the status shown is “paid”- in that case, the tax payer should contact his bank or the refund banker SBI. You should contact SBI at the following address.

Cash Management Product (CMP)
State Bank of India
SBIFAST
31, Mahal Industrial Estate
Off Mahakali Caves Road
Andheri (East)
Mumbai - 400 093.

Tax refund — Fraud Mail

Hi,
I have received a mail from Tax refund department" <[protected]@incometaxindia.gov.in> content is pasted below, when I click on url its going to Phising site need to know is this geniune mail or not. please confirm

Content of mail:

Dear Valued Taxpayer,

We have reviewed your tax fiscal payment for previous months and have resolved that you are qualified to obtain a refund of the sum of 32,720.00 INR which is your accumulated tax excesses. Please submit a tax refund request and allow us to process it within 7 (seven) days.

To submit a request, CLICK HERE

Thanks for taking the time to learn about our tax refund.It's one more way Income tax department can make your tax payment experience better.
Endeavor to fill in your Information correctly,to enable us make refund to your account without any delay.

Refund can be delayed for some reasons:

•Applying after deadline of notification
•Submitting incorrect account information
Tax Refund Department
Department of revenue,
Ministry of finance, Government of India.
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