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Avoid Getting Reeled In by Phishing Scams This Holiday Season

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 […]



New Tax Refund Scam – It’s Not What You’d Expect

The Delaware Division of Revenue would like to alert taxpayers to a new and growing scam involving fraudulent tax refunds being deposited into real taxpayer bank accounts. After the money is deposited, the crooks use various tactics to con taxpayers into turning over those funds. How does it work? Thieves are using schemes, including phishing, […]



Federal Researchers Conducting Door-to-Door Survey in Delaware on Drug Use, Mental Health Issues

NEW CASTLE (Aug. 23, 2017) – RTI International interviewers are going door-to-door in Delaware conducting a study called the National Survey on Drug Use and Health on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The annual study is a scientific, national […]



Delaware Department of Agriculture warns Delawareans about pesticide application scam

In the scam, the homeowner is told that they must leave their house for a period of twelve hours while the individual sprays crops in the nearby vicinity. There are some indicators that these visits are a scam in an attempt to get the homeowner to leave their house unattended. There are currently no agricultural pesticide spraying practices in Delaware that would require one to leave their home.



The Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment Period Has Passed, But You May Qualify for a Special Enrollment Period

The open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, www.healthcare.gov, ended on February 15; however, some people may qualify for a special enrollment period (SEP) going on right now. The time to apply is limited; this special enrollment period ends on April 30.






 Pages Tagged With: "scam"

Avoid Getting Reeled In by Phishing Scams This Holiday Season

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 […]



New Tax Refund Scam – It’s Not What You’d Expect

The Delaware Division of Revenue would like to alert taxpayers to a new and growing scam involving fraudulent tax refunds being deposited into real taxpayer bank accounts. After the money is deposited, the crooks use various tactics to con taxpayers into turning over those funds. How does it work? Thieves are using schemes, including phishing, […]



Federal Researchers Conducting Door-to-Door Survey in Delaware on Drug Use, Mental Health Issues

NEW CASTLE (Aug. 23, 2017) – RTI International interviewers are going door-to-door in Delaware conducting a study called the National Survey on Drug Use and Health on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The annual study is a scientific, national […]



Delaware Department of Agriculture warns Delawareans about pesticide application scam

In the scam, the homeowner is told that they must leave their house for a period of twelve hours while the individual sprays crops in the nearby vicinity. There are some indicators that these visits are a scam in an attempt to get the homeowner to leave their house unattended. There are currently no agricultural pesticide spraying practices in Delaware that would require one to leave their home.



The Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment Period Has Passed, But You May Qualify for a Special Enrollment Period

The open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, www.healthcare.gov, ended on February 15; however, some people may qualify for a special enrollment period (SEP) going on right now. The time to apply is limited; this special enrollment period ends on April 30.