Fraudsters have come up with a new scheme to deceive Russians on behalf of the Federal Tax Service

Brief retelling from RIA II

Scammers send paper notices to Russians demanding that they correct their declarations or confirm their income.

The scammers then send a phishing link to the fake Federal Tax Service website by email.

The expert urged not to click on links from suspicious letters and reminded that the Federal Tax Service does not send notifications in instant messengers and does not request confidential data.

MOSCOW, October 2 – RIA Novosti. Scammers send by email a phishing link to a fake Federal Tax Service website after a paper notification, Petr Shcherbachenko, associate professor at the Financial University under the Government, told RIA Novosti.

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“Fraudsters have come up with a new deception on behalf of the tax authorities. First, they send Russians a paper notice demanding that they correct their declaration or confirm their income,” he noted.

According to the expert, attackers take advantage of the fact that a paper letter creates a feeling of formality and trust - since it did not come in the messenger, it means it is official.

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“Then an email arrives with a phishing link to a fake Federal Tax Service website. On the page you are asked to enter a login, password or other data, supposedly for authorization. Everything you enter instantly goes to the scammers,” he added.

According to Shcherbachenko, scammers can use all stolen data for new attacks and collect personal information.