Overview

• The Department of Revenue warns it does not send unsolicited texts requesting banking details and urges residents to delete suspicious messages without clicking links or responding.
• Scam texts claim a refund request has been approved and press recipients to provide payment information to receive money.
• WGAL reports the messages have come from numbers starting with 63, the Philippines country code, and the department says the link in the texts was disabled.
• Officials note that legitimate government refunds are communicated by letter rather than by text message.
• Residents are asked to report suspicious messages to the Department of Revenue at 717-425-2495, ext. 72267, as the FBI and Millcreek Police continue public briefings on rising scam activity.