Email Fraud Alert received from: Provin
I recently received an email with this subject line: Tax Refund of R9,250.75 and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Dear Taxpayer,
After calculations of last year annual fiscal activities,we realised that you are eligible to receive a Tax refund of R9,250.75. please download the attached Tax refund form REFUNDSARS.html and complete the process of your Tax refund. Note:the refund will take 48hours to reflect in your account.
Thank you,
South Africa Revenue Services (SARS)
Tom Moyane Commissioner
The above email was sent by “(SARS)” from this email address: fund@sars.gov.za
I, Provin, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “(SARS)”:
Do not open the attached file named RETURNSARS.html