Avoid Getting Reeled In by Phishing Scams This Holiday Season
Department of Finance | Division of Revenue | Date Posted: Friday, December 7, 2018
Department of Finance | Division of Revenue | Date Posted: Friday, December 7, 2018
Data thieves don’t take a break during the holidays, and the Delaware Division of Revenue wants to warn taxpayers that the IRS is seeing a large increase in bogus email schemes that seek to steal money or tax data.
The most common way for cybercriminals to steal money, bank account information, passwords, credit cards and Social Security numbers is to simply ask for them. Every day, people fall victim to phishing scams or phone scams that cost them their time and their cash.
Here are a few steps taxpayers can take to protect against phishing and other email scams. When reading emails, people should:
If you have questions, or suspect someone is trying to commit tax fraud, you can also fight back by contacting the Division of Revenue’s Tax Fraud Hotline at (302) 577-8958.
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Department of Finance | Division of Revenue | Date Posted: Friday, December 7, 2018
Data thieves don’t take a break during the holidays, and the Delaware Division of Revenue wants to warn taxpayers that the IRS is seeing a large increase in bogus email schemes that seek to steal money or tax data.
The most common way for cybercriminals to steal money, bank account information, passwords, credit cards and Social Security numbers is to simply ask for them. Every day, people fall victim to phishing scams or phone scams that cost them their time and their cash.
Here are a few steps taxpayers can take to protect against phishing and other email scams. When reading emails, people should:
If you have questions, or suspect someone is trying to commit tax fraud, you can also fight back by contacting the Division of Revenue’s Tax Fraud Hotline at (302) 577-8958.
Keep up to date by receiving a daily digest email, around noon, of current news release posts from state agencies on news.delaware.gov.
Here you can subscribe to future news updates.