Loess scammers also use income statement campaign and the Civil Guard warned of the most common scam detected since it began on the 6th of this period, the usual ‘phishing’ or fraudulent access to private data, among others.
The armed institute posted on its Twitter profile some examples of the strategies cybercriminals have implemented in the Tax Office’s current campaign and the National Institute of Cybersecurity (Incibe) is working on to prevent.
At the first scam scammers send citizens an email disguised as Treasure – common identity theft in a ‘phishing’ – which informs them of a default tax refund.
However, cybercriminals download the attached file that supposedly contains a tax or bank transfer receipt for that refund.ogran infects victim’s computer or device.
In other emails where they also changed the identity of the Tax Officeindicating to the buyer that a debt must be paid through a fraudulent website when they want your personal and bank information to steal.
The Office of Internet Security (OSI) advises caution in order to prevent this type of cyber fraud, especially if a so-called notification from the Tax Office is received during the income tax filing campaign that runs until next June 30.
Also, OSI reminds: You should not click on links linked to such email or download attached files.even more so if you are not sure that these are official websites.
If you have been the victim of a ‘phishing’, the first thing to do is to ignore the message and then delete it to change the passwords, contact the bank to cancel possible fraudulent payments, and report the situation to the security forces.