IRD alerts public about fraudulent email

The Inland Revenue Department alerted the public about a fraudulent email purportedly issued by the department with the subject of "Your Annual Tax Refund Is Ready" on 6 June 2022. 

According to a statement released by the department, the email provides a hyperlink to a website which may seek to obtain the recipient's personal particulars and credit card information. 
 
The department added that it had no connection with the fraudulent email and had reported the case to the police for further investigation. Members of the public are reminded not to open any suspicious email.

Recently in China, over two dozen employees at Chinese Internet portal operator Sohu have lost more than ¥40,000 (US$6,000) after they fell victim to an email scam, which offered “allowances” to recipients providing their bank account and personal details. 

A statement posted on the company’s Weibo account confirmed that an employee’s email had been hacked and used to send mail purportedly from the company’s corporate finance department, offering recipients “allowances” if they could provide their band account and personal identification details.

The incident was then handed over to the firm’s technical department in due course, however, since many believed that the email was true and authentic, the scam had costed them over ¥40,000 of loss. The statement also stated that the case had been reported to the police for further investigation. The report also said some of the duped employees lost their savings after providing their banking data.

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