You should not click on the link for a text message promising a tax refund.
According to the tax administration, scam text messages have been circulating for about a month now. Petteri Paalasmaa / kl
The tax administration warns of scam text messages promising tax refunds and asking you to click on the link “to get a refund” asking you to click on the link on the website.
– [VERO] The tax authorities have decided that you will receive a refund. To receive this amount, you can visit our website, the message written in lame Finnish states.
The tax administration’s instructions to the recipient of the message are simple: Do not click on the link and destroy the message.
The tax authorities point out that all tax-related transactions can be carried out on its website In the OmaVero service. Also, if the tax administration sends a message, it will never have links involved.
Texting a newer phenomenon
This is what a scam text message sent in the name of the taxpayer looks like. tax administration
According to the tax administration, scam messages made on its behalf circulate regularly. Criminals who make messages in particular become more active when tax issues are on the agenda anyway. The latest posts began circulating in early May, when the deadlines for filing a tax return for employees were in place. Many people who have completed their tax returns are currently awaiting a decision on final taxation.
– We have been receiving reports of these SMS scams for a month now. It’s great that people are actively reporting scams to us and warning about them, for example, in Some, a specialist Jaakko Nummijärvi about the tax administration in a press release.
– Scams in the form of e-mails have been visible for years, scams in the form of text messages are a slightly newer phenomenon, he continues.
The taxpayer reminds that in order to pay for any refunds, it is advisable to check that the bank account number is stated in OmaVero.
– We do not receive account number information from banks, for example. Individuals should remember to check with OmaVero that the account number is in our knowledge and correct, Chief Inspector Juha Villman tells the tax administration.
Returns already in the summer
Dates for tax refunds or any residual taxes, or staggers, are at different times for different people. The first refunds will be paid as early as July, but most in August-September. Refunds will arrive in bank accounts in December at the latest.
The payment dates for all tax refunds and staggers are not yet known. Payment dates will be determined from the final tax decision.
– For example, if you filled in a pre-filled tax return in the spring, you have not yet received a final tax decision and the payment dates are still open, Villman says.