The sender of these text messages pretends to be the Provincial Treasury and warns of a serious incident that could result in a possible penalty when filing an income tax return.
The provincial treasury of Gipuzkoa has warned of a SMS fraud which warns of “a serious incident in the filing” of the Income Tax return.
In a statement, they warned that “several citizens of Gipuzkoa have received this type of communication on their mobile phones in recent days.”
The same sources have indicated that the sender of these text messages pretends to be the provincial treasury and warns when filing your income tax return of a serious incident that may result in a fine.
In this way, the recipient is asked to send documentation via the link in the message. This was reported by the provincial treasury of Gipuzkoa does not send these types of notifications via SMS, nor does it ask for confidential information, nor taxpayers’ account or card numbers, through this channel.
She also recommended this in case of suspicions Contact the provincial treasury to carry out the necessary checks, whereby you must at all times avoid accessing the links that may be included in these text messages. Finally, it has announced that it is taking the necessary measures to combat this type of fraud attempts.
Source: EITB
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