Overview

• The Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check unit has officially labelled emails offering PAN 2.0 cards as fake.
• Fraudsters impersonate the Income Tax Department using sender IDs like [email protected] and promise QR-enabled e-PAN downloads.
• The Income Tax Department warns it never requests personal credentials such as bank details or passwords through email.
• No data breaches linked to the scam have been confirmed so far, but experts recommend updating antivirus software and verifying links before clicking.
• Suspicious messages should be forwarded to [email protected] or [email protected] for investigation.