Did you receive a weird SMS from the treasury? Do not open it, it is a virus that will empty your account

These SMSes contain a form for receiving a tax return that mimics an official Treasury website.

With that in mind The 2021 Income Campaign ended June 31st and many users are waiting Get an income with the amount of returnWhich may last until December 31, cyber criminals are trying to take advantage of this situation Capture more victims to empty the account.

This has been confirmed The National Police itself through its official Twitter account Reporting a new smashing campaign where thugs are sending SMS from tax agency identity users.

If you receive such a presumed message from the Treasury, do not open it and delete it as soon as possible.

If you receive this SMS, do not open it and delete it as soon as possible

In the tweet from the National Police, which we put you under this line, you can see a screenshot of one of these deceptive text messages that reminds you that You have a pending return and you have been asked to access a link to claim it.

Phishing

The new message identifies the campaign tax agency replacement

নাDon’t believe, don’t delete by clicking🗑#NoPiques pic.twitter.com/iBM80RWg7A

– National Police (8 police) July 3, 2022

This SMS, which has been spread among different users through a Spanish number A form for receiving a declaration return that mimics one on the official website of the Treasury Preceded by the following text:

Tax Agency: I qualify you for a tax refund. Find your rebate form on the website: [URL fraudulenta].

If we analyze the message, we can see that it was not written in Spanish, since A return is used to indicate that the verb qualify And the first part of the text is about you and the second is about you.

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In order to prevent any such fraudulent SMS from infecting your device, you must remember that the tax agency It will never send you a link via SMS to request an income tax returnSince you never have to fill out a form to receive the money, because, once you submit the declaration, you only have to wait Receive notice from the bank along with payment of arrears.

Obviously, in the event that you receive an SMS similar to this, what should you do Do not open it, delete it immediately and report as spam.

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