Last Wednesday, the IRS issued an alert to taxpayers about the new scam Income tax, in which, through fake messages, scammers try to collect people's personal information and then steal it. If you don't want to go through this trouble, read on.
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Be careful not to fall for Income Tax scams
Check out some guidelines now to prevent you from falling into the new Income Tax scam:
- See how the gang works
Through fake messages, criminals who are experts in internet crimes manage to illegally capture tax information from taxpayers.
Scammers can also install programs on computers that are capable of collecting and sending victims' private information.
- Federal Revenue Guidelines
The guidance that the Federal Revenue gives to its taxpayers is that when receiving a message with the address directed to the revenue itself, the procedure to be done is to enter the taxpayer portal (e-CAC).
When accessing the e-CAC, the user must enter his login and password and check if there is any pending in his CPF or CNPJ.
The safe places for changes are on official websites, at the Revenue, and not through random messages.
- Step by step of the necessary guidelines to not fall into the scam
The main guideline is that taxpayers do not open or respond to any suspicious message that arrives in their e-mail, SMS or any other means of communication.
Therefore, do not open files that are attached, as they may be executable programs that will cause damage to your computer or cell phone. They can even collect confidential information from those using the device.
Under no circumstances activate the links to internet addresses, even if they arrive with the name of the Federal Revenue Service, or if they are accompanied by messages such as “click here”.
The guidance is that you delete the message immediately.