Don’t be fooled! Learn how to validate the authenticity of the Dian

Cyber-attacks and theft of information through fraudulent messages are in vogue among unscrupulous people who seek to seize personal data, banking information and even money from people who fall into these traps.

Some of the false messages that are usually received are those sent on behalf of the Dian, requesting the payment of taxes or informing about the initiation of administrative proceedings for failure to comply with fictitious tax obligations.

It should be noted that these messages have been designed with the characteristics usually contained in the real messages sent by the entity. For this reason, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between real and fraudulent messages.

The National Tax and Customs Directorate through different press releases has alerted the community about the circulation of fraudulent messages that seek to steal information from taxpayers and those responsible for the taxes administered by this entity.

The DIAN has warned about the service provided in its web portal for the verification of the authenticity of the emails received on behalf of the tax administration, in addition to emphasizing not to open any type of link that reaches the users, either through text messages or emails, since doing so implies downloading malicious applications that when installed in the devices obtains the contact and storage permissions, thus stealing confidential and private information.

How to validate the authenticity of the Dian’s emails? The domain of the email address does not coincide with that of the entity, the emails are sent from free public domains such as @gmail.com, @hotmail.com or fake domains are used such as: @diangov.co @dian.co, @dian.outlook.es, @diangov.co.co. It is important to highlight that the only valid domain of the Dian is @dian.gov.co.

Misspellings or mismatches, fake emails usually contain spelling mistakes, bad wording or information that is not true.

The email requests personal information, access to links referenced in the body of the message, or contains threatening information, fake emails usually request personal information or update data on third party sites.

The e-mail contains attached files, generally the files come with extensions such as: .vbs, .exe, among others.

The subject of the email is of maximum alert, the subjects refer to topics such as: “We have issued a seizure order to the bank accounts found in your name”, “Notification of seizure Dian”, “Tax obligations due or pending payment”; these subjects are false.

The email address ends in @dian.gov.co. There is a unique verification code that you can validate by clicking on the number or by accessing the option “Verify authenticity of emails” on the Dian website.

The entity’s management information is sent from newsletter@informaciondian.dian.gov.co or comunicaciones@dian.gov.co.

Verification of e-mails from the Dian

If you receive an email from the Dian and you have doubts about its authenticity, remember that it has a verification number with which you can check its veracity by just clicking on it or on the link

https://muisca.dian.gov.co/WebComunicaciones/DefVerificarCorreoDian.faces.

Source. Update

https://actualicese.com/no-te-dejes-enganar-conoce-como-validar-la-autenticidad-de-los-correos-de-la-dian/#:~:text=There is%20a%20c%20C3%B3digo%20%C3%BAnico%20de,%40dian.gov.co.