There is currently an ongoing fraud attempt using emails that may appear to be from a tax executive. Tax authorities warn to be careful with this type of messages.
Emails that recently surfaced purported to come from Tax Director Nina Schanke Funnemark and included claims that the recipient should receive tax refund. These types of fraud attempts are detected regularly throughout the year and it is important to pay attention to them.
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– We do not send such e-mails without a request, says the director of security at the Swedish tax office, Ragna Fossen.
How to protect yourself from fraud attempts
– If you find a link to the Norwegian Tax Office in an email or search engine, do not click on it. Instead, type skatteetaten.no in the web window and verify that it is a valid address in the URL field in your browser before entering any login information.
You can read more about different forms of fraud attempts and how to protect yourself from them here: Beware of fraud – log in – Norwegian Tax Office
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Source: regjeringen
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