⚠️ 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁: 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗲 "𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿" 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 🚨

 ⚠️ 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁: 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗲 “𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿” 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 🚨

Today, one of our clients got a call that could have cost him everything.

“Are you Mr. Gupta? I’m calling from the Income Tax Department. There is a mismatch in your ITR.”

Sounds serious, right? 😨

The caller confidently said an official email would be sent and asked him to forward it to his CA.

But what actually came?

Not an email.

A 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 with a 𝗭𝗜𝗣 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 📦

𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴. 🚩

Our client, already aware of such cyber-fraud tricks, did not open the file. When he called back to verify the officer’s details and ask for an official email, the so‑called “officer” never picked up again. No follow-up calls, no emails, nothing.

To be double sure, he logged into the Income Tax Portal –

✅ No notice

✅ No communication

✅ No mismatch

It was a fraud attempt.

Just like the recent cases circulating among professionals – scammers pretending to be Income Tax Officers and sending malicious ZIP files via WhatsApp.

🔍 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸

  • Income Tax Department does not 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽

  • Officers 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗭𝗜𝗣 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 to unknown taxpayers on WhatsApp

  • If you don’t personally know the officer and there is no official email/portal notice – 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗺

✅ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳

❌ 𝗗𝗼 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 ZIP/attachment links received on WhatsApp claiming to be from Income Tax Dept

✅ 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆 on the official Income Tax Portal for any real notices or communications

✅ 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 from a government domain (e.g., ending with .gov.in)

✅ 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗧𝗣𝘀 over WhatsApp with unknown numbers

✅ 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗔 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 before taking any action

✅ Stay alert, stay informed, and help others stay safe.

If you’re reading this, take a minute to share it.

You may just save someone from a major cyber-fraud. 🙏✨