jklcpa Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) I received the email below from my state society of CPAs. It's probably only a matter of time before the scammers try this same tactic with other professional organizations as well. PHISHING ALERT FROM IRS We have been informed that there is a new email phishing scam that appears to be sending an email from a state CPA organization. The email contains a PDF attachment that claims to be a “Secured File.” The attachment contains a hyperlink to view the file that the recipient is directed to open. The link directs the recipient to a phishing site that asks for the recipient's email address and password. Please be advised that the DSCPA NEVER requests your password. If you are ever concerned about an email that you receive from us, please contact us immediately. You can email . We hope that you are not affected by this phishing scam, but if you do receive this phishing email, do not open it and let us know immediately. Thank you. Edited March 22, 2017 by jklcpa formatting 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail in Virginia Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I love that if you are considered about the legitimacy of an email you receive, you can email your state organization. Does any one see any irony here? Or maybe it's just me..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 This morning, I received a security alert from Bank of America regarding my credit card, which was a scam. When I logged into this site, I got a popup warning that this link was not secure ! How do you know what's secure or safe and what isn't ? Supposedly, 80 % of all internet traffic is now spam, phishing, hacks etc. If this continues, it could bring the the internet as we know it crashing down, because we won't know what to trust. We may end up retreating to fax machines and snail mail. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 14 minutes ago, cbslee said: This morning, I received a security alert from Bank of America regarding my credit card, which was a scam. My policy is that I must be the one to initiate contact. For what you received this morning, I would telephone my bank using a known and valid phone number from either my bank statement or back of my credit card. It's pretty much the same policy for the telephone fundraising calls and for sales and marketing calls too. If the initial contact is made by someone else telling me that I should do something, it's not happening. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 That's exactly what I did. B of A told me they don't send emails like that and then I forwarded the email to [email protected], so they can try to track it back to it's origin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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