A statement issued by FBR here on Wednesday said that it has been reported that some fraudulent people are using a fake webpage pretending to be the FBR’s official website.
Taxpayers receive an email from the fake addresses asking them to collect their tax refund by clicking a link provided.
If the users provide the information, they are subject to identity theft and their accounts then can be hacked.
This trick, called Phishing, is used by identity thieves around the world who misuse the online financial systems and deprive unsuspecting people of their money.
Globally, phishing deprives people of around a billion dollars annually. The FBR’s website does not provide any such links and the FBR would never ask for a taxpayer’s bank details and passwords on its homepage, it added.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2013.
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