2024
Individual Income Tax Annual Reconciliation Filing Scam
The 2024 annual individual income tax reconciliation declaration business is underway, and fraudsters are also quietly taking action, taking advantage of the people's eagerness for tax refunds, pretending to provide "professional tax refunds", "helping you get more tax refunds" and other services to carry out fraud, the following are several common scams, please be sure to pay attention to them!
1. You have a tax refund to be claimed
Everyone has changed from "too lazy to get it" to "why don't you start?", if you suddenly receive a text message with the following content, will you click on the link immediately?
Police tips
Always remember not to click on links from unfamiliar websites, and all matters related to tax refund should go directly to the official APP of the State Administration of Taxation "Individual Income Tax" for relevant business processing.
2. Professionals help you get more tax refunds
In fact, in the daily tax refund, some taxpayers still do not know how to carry out the tax refund operation, and at this time, fraudsters will take the opportunity to enter and inform you by phone or text message that you can carry out a "professional tax refund", and no fee will be charged if it is unsuccessful.
Police tips
Please be sure to download and log in to the official "Individual Income Tax" APP, check your comprehensive income and tax status, and check the relevant information to prepare for tax payment, and follow the prompts. Do not provide any of your account numbers and passwords to strangers.
3. Don't listen to the inducement to fill in false individual income tax information
Such scammers will induce those who need to apply for tax refunds on the grounds of "taking advantage of preferential tax policies" and "reducing personal burdens", claiming that they can use false qualifications and names to provide tax refund "services", increase the amount of tax refunds, and induce victims to pay high fees.
Police tips
The scam of inducing false individual income tax information is fraudulent and will bring non-negligible risks to personal property and social security, so we must be vigilant and do not be fooled.
4. The tax inspector will contact you
Some scammers pretend to be "tax inspection department personnel" and inform you that you have been included in the list of tax inspections by calling or sending text messages. Next, they will use chat software to send fake notifications, fake information, etc., to deceive your trust, and then ask for transfer to a designated account to achieve the purpose of defrauding money.
Police tips
If the tax inspection department carries out random inspections, there will be strict regulations and procedures, and taxpayers will not be informed to provide relevant information through SMS, QQ, WeChat and other channels. If you encounter such an event, please verify with the tax department in time.
5. Pay attention to the provision of manual tax refund
During the declaration of centralized tax refunds, scammers search for relevant targets and screen out people whose tax refunds have entered the stage of processing by the state treasury based on their responses. Claiming to be a staff member of the tax authority by phone can speed up the arrival of the account through the "manual tax refund green channel". The next step is to ask the victim to provide personal information such as ID card and bank card account number for identity verification. Once personal information is submitted to the scammers, there is a high risk of property damage.
Police tips
When encountering the so-called "manual tax refund" call, you should be vigilant and do not believe the so-called "manual tax refund", and always protect your identity information to avoid leaking sensitive personal information, such as bank card number, ID card number, etc. If you have any doubts, you can consult or report to the local tax department.
2024
Experts dismantle the fraudulent routines of counterfeit individual income tax APP
The anti-fraud task force of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has monitored on the Internet and found that some counterfeit "individual income tax" apps are very similar to the official logo and app name of the State Administration of Taxation, and there is basically no difference at a glance.
Recently, the anti-fraud team of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology found that some counterfeit "individual income tax" App quietly appeared, these counterfeit "individual income tax" App and the official logo of the State Administration of Taxation and the name of the App are very similar, basically no difference at a glance, but most of these counterfeit apps are shoddy, just imitate and copy the official App shell, and many of the content interfaces in it are only pieced together with screenshots of official software, and cannot operate normally.
The main purpose of these fake apps is to defraud users of personal information such as names, mobile phone and ID numbers, and account passwords, so as to commit fraud and other crimes, so it is necessary to be vigilant at all times.
Important Reminder
When applying for tax refund, be sure to declare and handle it in the official "Individual Income Tax" official app, and do not believe unverified refund text messages or emails. Don't click on unfamiliar links, don't give away personal information easily, and beware of being scammed!
Please remember to protect your privacy, and your bank account number and verification code should not be easily disclosed.
In addition, for the individual income tax information declaration process, you must follow the official guidelines, and if you encounter tax problems, you can consult 12366 or the local tax authorities.
If you are accidentally deceived or encounter suspicious circumstances, please pay attention to protect the evidence, and immediately call the police on 110 or 96110 for consultation.