ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has alerted taxpayers to fake email notices being sent regarding anomalies in their tax returns.

The fraudulent email that is currently being used is from the fake email address “do-not-reply@fbrgovpk.com,” which has no connection with the FBR’s official email domain. An FBR statement, issued on Wednesday, has denied any association with these emails.

The fake email informs the targeted customers about their tax returns that do not match their sources of income and further advises them to contact the Commissioner of Inland Revenue at the earliest. These emails also reportedly carry attachments infected by harmful viruses and malware.

According to the FBR statement, this nefarious activity by some hackers is a type of spamming used to send viruses and malware to taxpayers. The general public and the targeted customers are advised to ignore such fake emails and refrain from clicking any link provided in them. The receipt of such fake emails should be immediately reported to the authorities concerned, added the announcement.

Published in Dawn, July 20th, 2017