Another form of scam that has been used is sending emails in an attempt to access people's personal or bank details.

If you suspect that an email is genuine, never click on any links within it.

Examples of fraudulent emails using the image of the old ePortugal portal

In this example, the ePortugal logo is used to give the impression of a state contact, but the text refers to the Tax and Customs Authority (Finanças).

ePortugal would not be used by the AT to send a tax notification. We therefore suggest that you always read the email carefully before clicking on any suspicious links.

Another point you should always pay attention to is the sender of the email. All emails sent by the Public Administration end in ‘gov.pt’. One of the scam attempts using ePortugal's name was sent by the sender suporte@network.solution.com’, which would be one of the ways to identify this email as a scam attempt.