Fake And Real Scam Emails Sweeping Through North Dakota Inboxes
The first feeling that hits you is fear that you ran a red light, but upon further inspection, it became very clearly a scam.
So you do a little digging to see if you can turn this email into a piece of content to warn others about a new scam making it's way through the population.
Here is the email in it's entirety:
Message intended for: Michael Reuter
Mr. or Mrs. Reuter, our traffic cameras recorded you running a red light on February 26, 2024. As such, you have been charged with a traffic citation.
You may contest this citation in court or pay the fine online at gov-co.com/citations/payonline. You may do so no sooner than March 10, 2024, and no later than March 14, 2024.
It looks fishy, but you can understand how someone who is not tech-savvy or in a rush could believe it, right?
Well, to quote Lee Corso: Not so fast, my friend!
Upon further review, it was actually a fake scam email sent out in an attempt to better train employees on how to recognize scams. This wasn't the first of it's kind, and after you've seen one, you can sniff them out.
The links actually direct to a page that shows the following:
Important training tool? Maybe
Desensitizing and disillusioning employees to actual email threats? Probably
A waste of time when you are fighting a deadline? Absolutely
However, let my waist of time (and subsequent 30-minute training module for clicking on the link to get the above image) be used to inform about actual scams that come from ne'er do wells.
Yes there is a preposterous amount of scams that affect thousands of North Dakotan's every year, and hopefully you can avoid the actual as well as the faux varietals.
The Department of Transportation, first of all, does not send out emails warning you of this violation, especially to a work email that you never use in personal matters.
In some cases, when you click on the link, you may be redirected to a website that looks exactly like a local or state law enforcement agency that issues tickets to drivers. The URL at the top of the page may even have a similar-looking address; don't fall for it. After scammers get your information, they can steal your funds.
You are encouraged to contact your local law enforcement as well as the North Dakota Attorney General's officeif you think you have been scammed or have been targeted for a scam.
Following these simple rules can prevent you from being scammed or taken advantage of.
People who scam others, especially those who target the elderly or sensitive groups, deserve to spend the remainder of their days in the darkest gulag, until the day they shuffle off this mortal coil.
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