If you have already filed your 2023 tax return, you may have encountered two situations: either it comes out to pay, or it comes out to be returned. If you have received a result in your favor – congratulations – you will be informed in the coming days via an SMS to your phone number associated with your account. You can also receive an email. This message on your iPhone will tell you that the payment notice has already been given to the bank account you provide at that time.
In principle, you do not have to do anything since this 2023 income tax refund will coincide with the result presented. However, a very dangerous scam has occurred recently. From a falsified SMS they inform you that you have received a refund or return, with a link that sends you to a fake page created to steal all your personal data
The real SMS versus the fraudulent message which does not come from the AEAT
Real message (left) / Scam (right)
This is not the first time we have come across a fake SMS campaign. However, it is one of the smartest yet. Basically, the formula is this: you receive the message from the scammers with a link that takes you to a web address. Once you enter the page you will find one that imitates the original one from the Tax Agency, but it is a scam that only stores everything you write there: telephone numbers, credit card details or linked bank accountetc.
You can now consult your data from the Income Draft, but you will still have to do it through the same URL: https://sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/Renta.html
Fortunately, there are three keys to identifying this fake message from the original. The first is that The AEAT never indicates in a message the amount of money it will return
And the third key concerns your own personal data: have you formalized your Declaration? Otherwise, The AEAT will never send you a message with a link beyond a reminder that the period for opening the request for pre-Declaration or consultation of projects has been formally opened. One of the first steps in your declaration begins with requesting the personal income tax withholding certificate – whether it was issued by your company or you had to produce it in reason for your independent activity. Do not forget.
In 2024, the smashing has grown in our country and is bolder than ever. Our advice is always the same: although there are apps that help you learn about all the different tax deductions, never trust “gifts” or “refunds” without first processing them. At Applesfera we have reported on all general deductions you can claimsuch as that which concerns VAT on textbooks and languages or certain regional ones which only concern Catalonia.
In short, be careful The narrative of these messages is more typical of a lottery prize or attribution only for an exercise as common and rudimentary as the declaration or collection of taxes. And it is a duty and an obligation of all citizens.
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