Be wary of holiday shopping scams, fake fundraisers

By CyberWeekly

Merchant Account Scam: If you receive an email with the subject line of “Merchant Account: New Security Document” from “Merchant Services” but really from a kroninc.com email address, don’t open the attachment. Just delete. Reported by a Laramie citizen.

Wish it WAS the Last Reminder: A Sheridan citizen is still getting emails from a tut.com email address, despite reporting the email as corrupted to the real tut.com. This email’s subject line is “RE, [redacted name]: Last Reminder[12/04/2022]” and the email supposedly came from McAfee and they used the ® registered trademark, obviously illegally. The link that says “Hi [Redacted name]” actually goes to a German (.de) website address that is hosted in Canada. Note that this citizen also reported another fake email from the same email address with the subject line of “Your Transunion Equifax and Experian 2022” from FS360 (also with the registered trademark sign), with a link going to the same German website.

Government Impersonation Scam: If you receive an email with the subject line of “New Document From the IRS Portal” with the sender’s address listed as “Social Security Administration” but really from a westbrooklawfirm.com email address, don’t download the attachment or call the number in the email. It isn’t a secure message from the IRS or the Social Security Administration. Reported by a Laramie citizen who was…

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