Reserve Bank Of India [RBI] — Payment of Rs 80300

I am Thomas Kochuthara. I have received the following Email from RBI asking me to pay Rs 80300 as tax duty to release a fund, the details of which are given the copy of the email below:

1% IS REQUIRED FOR PROCUREMENT OF TAX CLEARANCE CODE

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
10:36 AM (3 hours ago)

to me

FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
Hansalaya Building,
15 Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi 110 001,
rbi.[protected]@aol.com
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Dear Valued Customer; Mr.Thomas Kochuthara

We are sorry to inform you that we could not be able to complete your transfer online to your nominated bank account, this was due to the tax code (TAX CLEARANCE CODE) required by the Indian Tax revenue department.

We wish to inform you based on what we have received from the revenue department that before your fund can be Remitted/Credited to your bank account you are required to make a payment for your personal Individual income tax according to the India revenue department and the India tax investigation service which is been authorized and regulated by the financial service authority, the taxation and revenue department accesses certain type of taxes. And taxes are levied on lotteries, raffles, gambling etc. almost everywhere.

Normally by the payment authority on behalf of the government in some cases, they will receive a share of the lottery taxes levied by the government. However, in most cases, the taxes takes the form of permit fee. It is only classified as a tax in few Nation/countries. Income tax is the sole responsibility of the beneficiary. The income taxes that are deducted from some financial source are generally included direct or facilitate federal tax, communal tax and as well as individual tax.

Therefore, the confirmation and reflection of your fund of : Rs. 83, 318, 142.00 Lakh / -INR to your bank account is now being hold with a tax because the tax investigation service noticed you have not paid for your lottery tax otherwise known as your Personal/Individual income tax.
In view of this, you are required to make payment of (1%) before the fund can be credited to your bank account. The lottery tax levied on your won amount of (Rs. 80, 300/ -INR ) as insured in your Name ( Mr.Thomas Kochuthara ) Only. (Rs. 83, 318, 142.00 Lakh / -INR ) and it is stated that no amount should be deducted out of your fund according to the law of the insurance.

You are to immediately pay the tax directly to the accounts department through the account details given to your Processing Officer to get a fast contact to the office of the India revenue board. This will ensure that your cash are not taxed anymore by any tax authority and to make your pending transferred fund reflect in your personal account details as desired. And your transfer can only be successful if you are cleared by the India revenue tax and the only way you can be cleared is when you remit the above lottery tax fee of (1%).

Furthermore, you are therefore encouraged to remit the above payment of (1%) of the total sum in question ( Rs. 80, 300/ -INR ) being for the administrative/payment of your tax duties. Our respect following the fact that we do not reserve to make any form of deduction or tempering with the fund is; as a regards to the insurance bond policy acting on your funds. Also a fidelity bonds called bankers blanket bond, which is a multipurpose insurance policy a bank purchases to protect itself from embezzlement and others causes of disappearing funds. The bankers blanket bonds ensure that customer fund are protected under those circumstances.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation and we look forward to serving you better. We once again regret any temporary inconvenience this development may cause as we believe you will comply with our legal request as a law abiding citizen.

Be warned!! that this Bank will not tolerate or condone negligence on the part of any customers as we expect you to treat our correspondence to you with urgency, and your transfer information including your ACCOUNT NUMBER AND PIN should not be disclose to anybody, so that your funds will not be swindled, this is for your own good and safety.


Yours in Service
Foreign Remittance RBI
Foreign Services Depar
Reserved Bank Of India.
09/05/2022