Tax scam season has already begun with an Inflation Refund text scam making the rounds that's specifically designed to target New Yorkers. That state issues an inflation refund to citizens and scammers have begun impersonating this program by sending out scam text messages in order to steal payment and personal information.

As reported by Cybernews , New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s office has already issued a warning about the scam which has been sent via text , email and physical mail to state residents.

The messages urge users to click a link to provide personal information so that their refund will be sent to them and includes typically urgent phishing style language: “Please provide accurate payment information by [deadline/date].” And “Failure to submit the required payment informa

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