First published: 30th April 2014
Hong Kong's Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has issued an alert about fraudulent emails purportedly issued by the department from the email address "noreply@ird.gov.hk". The emails have an attachment called "TaxReturnReport.zip", which, according to the IRD "may contain a computer virus". The Police are investigating and the IRD has reminded members of the public not to open any suspicious emails.
The case appears similar to an incident last October, also involving forged IRD messages.