Steps taken by Income Tax Department for safeguarding taxpayers from Phishing emails

Last updated: 08 February 2016

The Income Tax Department has been at the forefront of using technology in implementing its e-Governance initiatives. Most of its routine communication to taxpayers is through email and SMS. Therefore, the Department is very sensitive and alert to attempts made by fraudsters to spoof the Departments identity to send phishing emails. To ensure that taxpayers are aware that the Department does not seek any confidential or financial information of the taxpayer over email, the below mentioned adviso
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