"Professionals can help you get more tax refunds"? Don't believe it! Experts dismantle counterfeit individual tax app fraud routines

　　The annual personal income tax settlement processing time for 2023 is from March 1 to June 30, 2024. “Have you filed your personal income tax?” and “How much tax has been refunded?” have become hot topics recently. The anti-fraud team of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology discovered that some counterfeit "personal income tax" apps have quietly appeared. Experts remind you to be wary of "Li Gui" when filing personal income tax returns on your mobile phone.

It coincides with the personal tax refund season

Be wary of new scam tactics

　　Now is the peak period of "personal tax filing". Criminals take advantage of some people's eagerness for tax refunds, pretend to provide "tax refund green channel" services, and create counterfeit apps under the banner of "helping you with tax refunds" or "professional tax refunds" to commit fraud. . Experts from the anti-fraud class told reporters that there are many tricks used by apps suspected of fraud. Do not click on unknown links, and be sure to choose the genuine "Personal Income Tax" App of the State Administration of Taxation when handling "individual income tax returns." Don't believe the rhetoric that "professionals can help you get more tax refunds." .

　　Cai Zhiyu, an expert on anti-fraud work at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Software such as 12315 and personal income tax will become key targets of fraudsters during certain periods of time. For apps discovered through such monitoring, the anti-fraud team will regularly publish lists of counterfeit apps and high-risk apps involved in fraud, providing the public with the latest fraud methods and risk tips.

How to tell whether an app is authentic or fake?

How can we identify and prevent these counterfeit apps?

　　Wang Xuchen, an expert on anti-fraud work at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: The one on the left is a real and genuine personal income tax app. The ones on the right are counterfeit personal income tax apps that we found through monitoring on the Internet. We can compare them first. The logos and app names on the left and right are actually very similar, and there is basically no difference that can be seen at a glance.

　　Experts point out that most of these fake apps are crudely made and only imitate and copy the shell of genuine apps. Many content interfaces inside are just pieced together with screenshots of genuine software.

　　Wang Xuchen, an expert on anti-fraud work at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: We can try pressing the slider. It can basically confirm that it is a screenshot of a genuine App, because there is no way to enter any information or press any buttons. .

　　Reporter: This page is equivalent to a screenshot taken from the genuine App.

　　Wang Xuchen, an expert on anti-fraud work at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Yes, and then put it into the counterfeit App to make you believe that it is a real, normal, and genuine App.

Expert Tips

Always be vigilant about personal information security

　　The main purpose of these "Li Gui" Apps is to defraud users' personal information such as names, mobile phone and ID numbers, account passwords, etc., so as to commit crimes such as fraud, so you must always stay vigilant.

　　Wang Xuchen, an expert on anti-fraud work at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Here you mainly need to fill in your mobile phone number or ID number, and enter your password. It may store your mobile phone number and ID in this App. The number is transmitted to its backend server, and fraudsters can use the personal information to carry out subsequent fraud.

　　Experts point out that some mobile phone terminals already have certain prevention capabilities. When users are found to have installed fraudulent apps, they can provide early warning of security risks and remind users to uninstall them in time.

　　Cai Zhiyu, expert of the anti-fraud work class of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: The anti-fraud class has carried out continuous monitoring and discovery of fraud-related apps. For fraud-related apps discovered through monitoring, the special class will share them with the industry, and some mobile terminals will install them. Users of such apps receive early warning prompts. Our public service platform will also be launched soon. If the general public finds clues about similar counterfeit or fraudulent apps, you are welcome to report them in a timely manner through the platform.

　　(CCTV reporter Sun Jiwei, Shi Haichao and Xu Zihao)