For whether your PAN card is real or fake, you can follow the easy steps given below and get the correct information about your PAN card.

In today's time, PAN and aadhar cards have become our most important documents. From filling ITR to opening a  Demat account, a PAN card is needed everywhere from bank to hospital, school, job. During this, many people roam around with fake documents and use these documents to commit fraud. In such a situation, how to find out whether your PAN card is real or fake?

For this, you can follow the easy steps given below and get the correct information about your PAN card.

To know whether your PAN card is real or fake, first of all, visit the Income Tax Department's e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal
Here you will be asked to enter all the details related to PAN like mobile number, date of birth, and card number
After giving the correct information, a message will come on your mobile whether your data matches or not.

Now you will easily know the identity of your PAN card

Apart from this, the Income Tax Department has also introduced a Quick Response (QR) code for PAN cards to avoid fraud. From the year 2018 onwards, all PAN cards come with a QR code. You can also find out the correct PAN card through a QR code.

To scan the QR code of the PAN card, first of all, go to google Play Store on your smartphone.
Install PAN QR Code Reader application from here.
Keep in mind that to avoid any wrong application, download only the application developed by NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited.
After that open the application on your mobile phone and click on 'Next'. Now press the 'Finish' button.

Now move the phone's camera to the QR code and make sure that the green icon is in the middle of the code.

Only after it is reduced, you will see the complete information linked to the QR code.

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