Be careful if you get the form-16 mail, you can be a victim of cyber fraud

 

Cyber ​​thugs have now started cheating in the name of Form-16 as well. In the latest cases, all the people of the offices are contacted simultaneously through e-mail on behalf of such gangs. This email appears to have been sent by the HR department. On clicking them, people are asked for their personal information. It is said in the e-mail that the Income Tax Department has introduced a new system for Form-16, for which it can be downloaded by clicking on the given link. As soon as a person clicks on the given link, he takes it to a page where people are asked for all personal information including Aadhaar card, PAN card, bank details.

 

In the opinion of experts, cyber thugs have started an exercise to make people more victims due to the increasing need for work from home in the corona epidemic. Such people send email links with similar names of the institute. On clicking those links, the system of people gets hacked, which transmits all the information that was present at that time to the thugs. According to him, in many cases, it is also seen that a bug is installed in the mobile or computer as soon as the link is clicked, which keeps sending information about the entire system even later. In such a situation, whenever a person conducts his banking transactions, the chances of his getting victim increases. Due to the Corona epidemic, now many institutions are sending Form-16 to the people through email. Generally, it was taken from the computers installed in the institute through the office server, which was more secure. Due to the epidemic, the fraud business has started increasing by taking advantage of less secure Internet and WiFi services of people in the system of work from home.

 

The Income Tax Department and the Reserve Bank is also running a campaign to appeal to the people not to come across any such link. Not only this, the Reserve Bank is also continuously running awareness campaigns for the people that any link should be opened only after being assured after watching it carefully. Also, do not share your essential personal and bank related information. According to experts, cyber thugs collect important information related to them and sell them on the dark web. From there, cyber gangs spread all over the world to keep hunting people.