Beware of fraud emails, I-T Dept tells tax payers

The Income Tax Department on Wednesday warned tax payers against phishing/fraudulent refund emails saying it does not seek details of personal information like PIN through e-mail.

"The Income Tax Department does not send e-mail requesting your PIN numbers, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts," the department said.

Listing out dos-and-donts, it asked tax payers not to reply or open attachments of any email they receive from someone claiming to be the authorised by Income Tax Department or directing you to an Income Tax website.