Income Tax cautions public not to fall prey to fake job appointment letters - Advises to check ssc.nic.in, incometaxindia.gov.in

Income Tax department on Tuesday issued a 'PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING FRAUDULENT APPOINTMENT LETTER'. 

Income Tax India on its Twitter handle said, "Income Tax Department cautions the public not to fall prey to fraudulent persons misleading job-aspirants by issuing fake appointment letters for joining the Department. A public notice in this regard has been issued, which is available at this link: https://incometaxindia.gov.in/news/public-notice-fraudulent-appointment-..."

Income Tax Department cautions the public not to fall prey to fraudulent persons misleading job-aspirants by issuing fake appointment letters for joining the Department. A public notice in this regard has been issued, which is available at this link:https://t.co/7imrJHapGg pic.twitter.com/j5ZbPF5zMw

— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) February 22, 2022

'Fraudulent persons are misleading candidates'

Issuing the notice, Income Tax department said, "It has been brought to the notice of the Income Tax Department that some fraudulent persons are misleading candidates by issuing fake appointment letters for joining in the Income Tax Department."

'Recruitment to all Group B/ Group C posts'

The I-T department in its notice further added, "The General public is hereby informed that direct recruitment to all Group B/ Group C posts in the income tax department is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission and notifications/ results are made available on the SSC website https://ssc.nic.in."

'Candidates' list uploaded on https://incometaxindia.gov.in'

"Thereafter, the regional allocation of the selected candidates is done and the list uploaded on the department website https:/ / incometaxindia.gov.in," the notice added.

Further, I-T department says, "Therefore, the general public is hereby cautioned/ advised against taking cognizance of such fake advertisements/notifications/ appointments/letters advertised/circulated through any other platform/ portal other than the official websites of the SSC and the Income Tax Department."