evidence: Cyber thugs have resorted to income tax refunds as a means to steal money from people’s bank accounts. These criminals have been sending fake messages "Your refund has been approved". After this, many such cases have come to light from across the country. Now, the Income Tax Department has issued an advisory. If you have filed an ITR and are waiting for your refund, then you need to be very careful. The fake messages that are sent out as a part of the scam read, "Income tax refund of Rs 15,490 has been approved in your name. The amount will be credited to your account soon. Please verify your account number 5XXXXXXX6755, if it is not correct then go to the link given below and update your bank account details." [...] Income Tax Department does not send any SMS or email containing a link to the taxpayer. After processing the ITR, the Income Tax Department directly refunds the money in the same bank account of the taxpayer which was provided while filing the ITR. If the department needs any information related to the bank account, then it sends a message to the registered email of the taxpayer.