Jun 24 / Admin

New Scam Alert: Scammers Using Right to Public Info to Target State and Local Governments

Yahoo News reported:   

Employees have reported that a recent surge of emails are posing as public records requests and encouraging records to be uploaded to a hyperlink.

One of the phishing emails obtained by IndyStar was sent from the domain "@recordsretrievalsolutions" and sought five years of information about an agency's purchase orders.

Indiana's technology office said employees should be cautious with any emails from that domain and any contacts from Records Retrieval Solutions. The office said the scammers are pretending to be the Florida-based company.

Find the original article here.
Greenbay, WI has a similar story here.
Clark County, NV has a similar story here.

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