{"id":69397,"date":"2025-10-24T08:40:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=69397"},"modified":"2025-10-24T08:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:40:24","slug":"genesee-county-sheriffs-office-warns-of-smishing-scam-involving-nys-inflation-refund-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/genesee-county-sheriffs-office-warns-of-smishing-scam-involving-nys-inflation-refund-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Sheriff&#8217;s Office warns of &#8220;Smishing Scam&#8221; involving NYS inflation refund checks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 26, 2025, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul notified state residents<br>that eligible New York taxpayers would soon receive their inflation refund checks. The<br>announcement stated that qualified recipients will receive a paper check mailed to the address on<br>their tax refund and stressed that no New York State agency will initiate contact via<br>telephone, email, or text message regarding refund checks.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, a number of text messages have been observed claiming to come from the<br>&#8220;New York Department of Revenue (not a real agency), or the &#8220;New York State Division of<br>Tax &amp; Finance&#8221; (legitimate agency). These messages are known as &#8220;Smishing Scams&#8221; (text-<br>message based phishing scams) and are maliciously attempting to scam individuals out of<br>sensitive personally identifiable information including names, dates of birth, social security<br>numbers, addresses, and banking information.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any New York State resident who believes they are the target of this scam should refer to<br>the official &#8220;NYS Division of Tax &amp; Finance&#8221; website (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tax.ny.gov\/pit\/inflation- refund-checks.htm\">https:\/\/www.tax.ny.gov\/pit\/inflation-<br>refund-checks.htm<\/a>) which has more information about the inflation refund checks. The website<br>also contains a link to report any alleged scam activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release On September 26, 2025, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul notified state residentsthat eligible New York taxpayers would soon receive their inflation refund checks. Theannouncement stated that qualified recipients will receive a paper check mailed to the address ontheir tax refund and stressed that no New York State \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/genesee-county-sheriffs-office-warns-of-smishing-scam-involving-nys-inflation-refund-checks\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesee-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-i3j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15252,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/04\/02\/nys-irs-criminal-investigation-and-u-s-attorneys-office-warn-taxpayers-of-covid-19-economic-impact-scams\/","url_meta":{"origin":69397,"position":0},"title":"NYS\/IRS-Criminal investigation and U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office warn taxpayers of COVID-19 economic impact scams","author":"aka","date":"April 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2013 Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Special Agent-in-Charge Jonathan D. 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The message alert will appear like it was sent from the bank and will have a way for you to \u201ccontently\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/download-300x188.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":65241,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/batavia-police-public-safety-announcement-protect-yourself-from-fraud\/","url_meta":{"origin":69397,"position":2},"title":"BATAVIA POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT: Protect yourself from fraud","author":"aka","date":"June 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Batavia Police Department is warning the public of multiple fraud cases that have been reported in our area. It is essential to be aware of these scams and take necessary precautions to protect yourself and your loved ones. 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