{"id":529,"date":"2024-08-17T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T08:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/?p=529"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:27:04","slug":"itr-refund-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/itr-refund-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"ITR Refund Scam: Beware and Safeguard Your Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ITR Refund Scam messages have been seen nowadays beware of this scam as fraudsters try to trick people by providing a link to claim their tax refund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Income tax department said scammers can steal your money costing lakhs by sending fake messages, emails or links by asking for personal and financial details to process the refund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/itr-refund-scam\/#FAQs\" >FAQs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Protect_from_falling_victim_to_the_ITR_refund_scam\"><\/span>Protect from falling victim to the ITR refund scam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To protect from such scam, never click on suspicious links, and always verify the source before sharing any sensitive information with unknown sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fake-message-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fake-message-1.png 683w, https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fake-message-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IT Department also alert taxpayers &#8220;Don&#8217;t fall for fake pop up messages&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Messages_may_send_by_fraud_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>Messages may send by fraud &#8211;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You have been approved an Income Tax Refund of Rs, 15000\/-, the amount will be credited to your account shortly, Please verify your account number 5XXXXX6777. If this is not correct, please update your bank account information by visiting the link.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fake-message.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fake-message.png 683w, https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fake-message-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IT department also posts an incident in twitter where a man lost Rs 1.5 lakh after clicking on a fake refund message. He was directed to a fraudulent app, which resulted in his phone being hacked and money being debited from his account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fake-tax-refund-messages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fake-tax-refund-messages.png 683w, https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Fake-tax-refund-messages-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Official_channels_to_report_ITR_refund_scams\"><\/span>Official channels to report ITR refund scams<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you receive such suspicious email or link forward it to webmanager@incometax.gov.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For phishing mail not pertaining to the Income Tax Department, forward the same to incident@cert-in.org.in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQs\"><\/span>FAQs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1723882614255\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What if I got a message from income tax?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Income Tax Department sends notices for mismatch in return, scrutiny or outstanding tax with following specific guidelines. But fraudsters may try to scam you by sending fake income tax notices.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1723882633051\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">How can I identify a fake ITR refund message or email?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Carefully check the email ID or requests. Genuine communication from the IT Department does not ask for sensitive details through email or messages.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1723882649382\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What personal details do scammers typically ask?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">They will ask for details such as PAN number, bank account information, passwords, or OTPs to access your accounts.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1723882668974\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What to do if I already shared details with a scammer?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Immediately contact your bank to secure your accounts, change your passwords, and report the incident to the authorities.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITR Refund Scam messages have been seen nowadays beware of this scam as fraudsters try to trick people by providing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-income-tax"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>ITR Refund Scam: Beware and Safeguard Your Wealth<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ITR refund scam involves scammers who send fake emails or messages for claiming that you&#039;re due for a tax refund. 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