Income Tax Officials and Conmen

The Income Tax department is concerned about conmen who pretend to be IT officials.

The director-general of income tax investigation, P Ranganathan, on Thursday cautioned the public against conmen who used the department’s  name to rob them and issued an advisory to distinguish between genuine officials and fakes.

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In two recent cases reported in the city, elderly couples were duped by two criminals who claimed to be income tax officials and robbed the couples of their valuables. The conmen carried out searches’ in these houses and escaped with gold jewellery and cash.

The IT department probably now is concerned that tricksters are now eating into their personal earnings. Whether, it’s a genuine IT official at the door or fake one, how does it make a difference? Either way, your cash and jewellery will end up in their pockets.