evidence: If you receive a message showing that your income tax refund has been approved, whether it be for Rs. 15,490 or any other sum, and it asks to update or verify your bank account in order to collect the refund, ignore it as a fraud and refrain from replying. [...] One particular spam message that has gained widespread attention was shared by the Government’s official fact-checker, PIB FactCheck. The message contains the following content: "Dear Sir, You have been approved an income tax refund of Rs. 15,490/-, the amount will be credited to your account shortly. Please verify your account number 5*8564. If this is not correct, please update your bank account information by visiting the link below. https://bit.ly/#######". The income tax department also retweeted the same message. The income tax department will never ask for bank account details, updates, or verification through messaging, so taxpayers should be aware of this. Refunds of income taxes are directly transferred into pre-approved bank accounts that taxpayers provide when filing forms. The income tax division also contacts taxpayers via their registered mobile and email addresses to inform them of the refund.