Tax Agency

Criminals are sending a wave of SMS messages that mimic the website of Minister Montoro and ask for our card number to empty our accounts.

The new communications can lead us into danger if we do not take minimal security measures and remain suspicious of messages that “offer something for much less than its value” or that come from unknown users. Criminals can even impersonate institutions to lower our guard, as in the case reported by the National Cybersecurity Institute (Incibe) after detecting a campaign of fraudulent messages sent to mobile phones, que enlazan con una dirección web que es muy parecida a la página legítima del Ministerio de Hacienda con la excusa de una supuesta devolución de impuestos.

Se trata de un fraude de tipo “phishing” que tiene como objetivo engañar a los usuarios haciéndoles creer que Hacienda les va a devolver una cantidad de dinero, pero para ello tienen que facilitar sus datos personales y bancarios.

El fraude es tan perfecto que al rellenar y enviar el formulario se ve un mensaje de confirmación del envío de la solicitud de reembolso, que eso sí, aplazan a 5 or 6 days. At last, para dotar de mayor credibilidad al fraude, se carga la página oficial de tasas del Ministerio de Hacienda y Función pública. At this point, the criminals have all our information and can access checking accounts, so Incibe recommends informing the bank or the credit card issuing entity as soon as possible so that they can take appropriate measures.

To avoid falling into the trap, the institute urges not to open messages from unknown users or messages that were not requested, deleting them directly, as well as exercising maximum caution when following links and downloading files from the internet. In light of this new wave of fraudulent SMS, the Tax Agency reminds that “it never asks taxpayers for information about bank accounts, credit cards, and personal data, either by email or by mobile messages”. Although it has not issued an alert, circunstancia que ocurre cuando los servicios externos son capaces de bloquear la dirección desde la que se emite la oleada de mensajes fraudulentos, recomienda a quienes reciban estos SMS al móvil que avisen tanto al Ministerio como a la Policía Nacional.

Fountain: La Gaceta de Salamanca


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