The State Duma told about a new fraud scheme
The attackers pose as employees of the Federal Tax Service and try to lure SMS codes to access accounts, citing problems with the 3‑personal income tax declaration. Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy and federal coordinator of the Digital Russia project of the United Russia party, told about this on June 14.
"A new scheme of telephone fraud is actively spreading, in which attackers pose as employees of the Federal Tax Service and try to gain access to citizens' accounts under the pretext of resolving tax reporting issues," Nemkin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Fraudsters inform a potential victim that the verification revealed errors in the 3‑personal income tax declaration or urgently needs to clarify information about income for the past year. To make themselves look more convincing, they use professional terminology and refer to real procedures for interacting with tax authorities.
Next, the attackers offer to make an appointment with the tax inspectorate: they select a convenient address, date and time. This lulls the victim's vigilance — the situation looks like a normal administrative procedure.
The key moment comes when the victim receives an SMS code. Fraudsters call it confirmation of an appointment, but in fact it allows them to log in to government services, restore access to accounts and obtain personal data.
Nemkin noted that the tactics of fraudsters have become more sophisticated: they carefully copy the real processes of government agencies and build a logical dialogue.
The expert recalled that the Federal Tax Service and other government agencies never request SMS codes by phone to make an appointment or clarify information on declarations.
"If such a call is received, the conversation must be stopped, and the information must be checked independently through the official personal account of the taxpayer or through the official communication channels of the department. Attentiveness and refusal to transmit any codes remain the most effective protection against such fraudulent schemes today," Nemkin concluded.
On June 14, Anna Lazaricheva, senior spam analyst at Kaspersky Lab, and Mikhail Lobov, head of the Ozon awareness group, said that fraudsters had come up with new deception schemes against the backdrop of the 2026 World Cup. According to them, the attackers are massively distributing fake ticket sales sites for the event, multiplying offers with accommodation and flights at allegedly low prices.
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