"The Tax and Customs Authority (AT) is aware that some taxpayers are receiving email messages supposedly coming from AT in which they are asked to click on 'links' that are provided", says AT in a note published on its portal.

The body supervised by the Ministry of Finance presented the example of three 'emails' in which messages similar to subpoenas for payment or discrepancies in declarations relating to the IRS are sent.

"These messages are false and should be ignored. Their objective is to convince the recipient to access malicious pages by clicking on the suggested links" says the AT, which emphasises that taxpayers "under no circumstances" should carry out these operations.