The interior Ministry warned about the theft of accounts “State services” through letters on behalf of the FTS

Scammers began to send Russians fake messages on behalf of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) to access accounts on the portal “State Services”. This is reported by TASS with reference to the interior Ministry.

According to the agency, attackers write to citizens in instant messengers and offer to check tax charges by clicking on the link. It leads to a fake site where the user is asked to enter a code from the notification for authorization.

After that, a message appears on the screen about an allegedly hacked account on “State Services”. To solve the problem, scammers offer the user to call “technical support” at the specified numbers. In fact, they belong to scammers who try to access the personal data and account of the victim.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs recommends checking information about taxes only through a personal account on the official website of the Federal Tax Service or in the application of the department. Also, citizens were urged not to follow links from messages in messengers and not to enter personal data on suspicious sites.

At the same time, on the eve of the holidays, scammers began offering Telegram users a fictitious Premium gift subscription to steal their accounts. According to the Office for Combating Cybercrimes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, attackers send messages from both familiar users whose accounts have already been hacked, and from unknown accounts. The victim is asked to enter a phone number and confirmation code, after which the scammers gain access to the account, end other active sessions and use it to send fraudulent messages and malicious links to the owner’s contacts.