Information has been received from several quarters that people are receiving electronic mails informing them of their income-tax refunds and seeking their credit card details.  The e-mail is sent from the following or similar mailing addresses.

<i[email protected]> or [email protected]

            It is clarified that the Income Tax Department does not send e-mails regarding refunds and doses not seek any information regarding credit cards of taxpayers.

            Taxpayers are, therefore, cautioned that they should not respond to such mails and if they do so it would be at their risk and responsibility.

Phishing alert: fraudulent refund emails request credit card details; do not respond to such communications. Phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department inform recipients of tax refunds and solicit credit card details; the Income Tax Department does not send refund-related emails or request credit card information. Taxpayers are warned not to respond to such messages and are put on notice that providing information in reply is at their own risk, as these communications are fraudulent impersonations using deceptive sender addresses.