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I'm going to correct myself. My family member didn't get scammed! There is a government agency cold emailing people, telling them to fill out a form that that
by antoncohen 7y ago
I'm going to correct myself. My family member didn't get scammed!
There is a government agency cold emailing people, telling them to fill out a form that that asks for Bank Name, Account Number, and Routing Number.
https://imgur.com/a/5loIfnW https://imgur.com/a/5loIfnW
Way to teach people to be safe.
At the same time the IRS is telling people to avoid scams by not clicking links in emails: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-issues-warning-about-coronavirus-related-scams-watch-out-for-schemes-tied-to-economic-impact-payments https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-issues-warning-about-corona...
- TylerE 7y agoThe banking system (checking in particular) is hopelessly dumb, but that information is printed on every check. It isn't top secret.
- antoncohen 7y agoTrue. The form also asks for SSN, DOB, address, phone number, etc.
- projektfu 7y ago> https://imgur.com/a/5loIfnW https://imgur.com/a/5loIfnW That looks super shady.
- npsomaratna 7y agoGenuine question here: since the domain name is *.sba.gov, wouldn't that be enough to consider this legitimate?
- notechback 7y agoI don't know the specifics here but many official sites also can have compromised parts, e.g. a subdomain with an old wordpress install or similar can get taken over.
- projektfu 7y agoProbably but I’d still prefer a link to a www.sba.gov page that links to this form.