JACKSON, Wyo. — On Tuesday, May 14, the Town of Jackson shared that community members have received suspicious emails from accounts posing as Town Council members about alleged “Business Operations and Code Violations.”
“These are spam, phishing emails attempting to get community members to share personal information,” the Town said in the announcement. “If you receive a similar email, do not click on anything within it or respond.”
According to the Town, correspondence about day-to-day operations at the Town will never come from a “No Reply” email address, nor would they be sent by Town Council.
“Unfortunately, in the past few years we have seen more and more of these phishing schemes misrepresenting themselves as the Town of Jackson,” Town said. “When we are made aware of these campaigns, we notify our IT and Police Departments and do our best to educate community members about keeping themselves and their private information safe online.”
When trying to determine if an email is legitimate, always consider the following:
- Tone, grammar and urgency — read the email to see if any or all of these seem off.
- If an email or link is unexpected, don’t open it! If it could be from a known contact, but aren’t sure, send a message via other means (text or phone) to see if it’s genuine.
- Inconsistencies in email addresses, links or domain names.
- Never reply to suspicious emails.
