Attention, a new scam is taking place concerning the 2023 tax return! A fake tax email claims a refund to steal your bank details, here’s what you need to know and how to protect yourself.
Scams have multiplied online in recent weeks. After the sale of fake tickets for Disneyland Paris, the scammers are attacking the declaration of income for 2023. 60 Million consumers warn about this, here’s how not to be fooled!
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A false refund to steal your bank details
After UFC-Que Choisir in 2021, 60 million consumers warn against a 2023 tax return scam. The General Directorate of Public Finance (DGFiP) “ was forced to close accounts targeted by hacking attempts in a preventive manner says the magazine. How is this scam?
The targeted person receives a fake email from the DGFiP concerning reimbursement of an often large sum of several hundred euros. To proceed with the refund, the victim must go to a fake site that imitates the tax site. As you can imagine, this is a phishing page, a method well known to scammers for several years but which still works.
This fake tax site asks the targeted person to enter several sensitive data, including their banking information. The trap closes since the crooks now have access to the victim’s bank account.
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How not to be tricked by this scam?
60 Million consumers warns French citizens, the DGFiP “ never asks for bank details by email or SMS to make a refund “. But the first signs that should alert you remain the email address of the sender and the url of the site allowing this false reimbursement.
It is generally a somewhat whimsical address and url that has nothing to do with impots.gouv.fr. If you receive this email from a refund for the 2023 tax return, the best thing to do is ignore it.
