BEWARE: SCAMMERS DISGUISED AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DECEIVE CITIZENS Recently, fraud cases have become more frequent, in which attackers pose as government officials and use various schemes to gain access to personal data and financial resources of citizens. One of the common schemes is that, under the pretext of non—existent problems with the tax service, such as an allegedly blocked account or a letter from the tax service, a citizen is offered to urgently make an appointment with the agency. To do this, the scammers allegedly help to book a queue online and ask you to dictate the code that comes in the SMS. In fact, this code is a confirmation of a banking transaction, and by communicating it, the person himself opens access to his accounts. As a result, fraudsters get the opportunity to steal all the funds. In order not to become a victim of fraudsters, citizens are advised: do not trust suspicious mailings and calls, even if the interviewee introduces himself as an employee of government agencies;

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kgd-kostanay/press/news/details/993603?lang=kk