New Delhi, March 9 -- Deepak Shenoy, founder and CEO of Capitalmind AMC, has alerted about fake income tax (I-T) assessment orders via email. In a post for his followers on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Shenoy attached a screenshot of such a fake notice.

"Another fraud: random addresses sending income tax assessment orders. Be careful and be aware of this fraud," he warned.

Notably, the fake notice asked the user to upload documents to an unofficial link and did not attach the password protected notice document in the email. The fraud email in question was also sent from a non-I-T department affiliated address. See below:

An Income Tax Notice is a formal communication from the Income Tax Department (ITD) sent to a taxpaye...