Fake income tax refund Notification emails making rounds

Cyber criminals are sending fake emails about income tax Refund Notification. This is a latest cyber crime activity by cyber criminals pretending to be from Australian Taxation Office where they are trying to trap innocent users aimed at extracting bank details in the pretext of tax refund notification. This type of emails not sent by any government authorities.

Fraudulent email original text :

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IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION

Australian Taxation Office – 10/04/2015

After the last calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a refund of 23092.96 AUD.

To view/download your tax notification please click here or follow the link below :

https://www.ato.gov.au/AZItems.aspx?id=3673&category=Tax+legislation+and+regulations&sorttype=azindexdisplay&Disp=True?NotificationCode=notification_6080065

 

Isaiah Boyd,
Tax Refund Department
Australian Taxation Office

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Be alert and not to respond to any such emails and not to click on the link given in the email.

 

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