State: Scammers using DRS name to steal info
Connecticut taxpayers are being targeted by a new email scam.
Online thieves posing as state Department of Revenue Services personnel are using email to steal taxpayer information.
These phishing attacks appear to originate outside of the United States.
According to DRS Commissioner Kevin Sullivan, taxpayers are receiving email messages about a “Connecticut state income tax verification exercise.”
Taxpayers are then directed to link to a phony website that looks like an official DRS website and asked to disclose confidential information.
People receiving such messages can contact the DRS at (860) 297-5962 or outside the Hartford calling areas at (800) 382-9463.
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