Illinois Residents Need To Delete A Scam Email from ‘The IRS’

News about scam emails is a lot a broken record, it keeps repeating and repeating and repeating.

Scammers are doing whatever they can in hopes you will slip and click the wrong link.

Scammers and hackers can do some serious damage to individuals and businesses with very little effort. A sneaky link or email could drain your bank account or cost a company millions of dollars.

One news source reported online scammers getting their dirty hands on a record-setting $4.2 billion in 2020, all from Americans.

It may seem like a nuisance to be changing your passwords every few months but most companies are requiring it, or at least should be.

These online scamming attempts, more recently known as phishing attempts, can easily dupe someone into clicking a bad or opening a virus-filled document.

WHO ARE THESE FAKE EMAILS 'FROM'

Emails can appear to be from anyone if you know what you're doing.

For instance, in the summer of 2020, I received an email from FedEx notifying me a package could be delivered to me. The email included a link for me to click to confirm a reschedule or make an appointment to pick up the package.

(You can see the email here.)

Note: I wasn't expecting anything and did the old-school method of calling FedEx. Nothing was delivered to me.

This morning I received an email from the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) about the third round of Economic Impact Payments...

Never ever click on documents or links from emails from a business, government, or otherwise, if it involves sensitive information, especially if you're not expecting it.

Also, check the actual email address it came from.

Fake, fake, fake, fake.

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