Texas business owners are reporting they have received an unlawful, unsolicited email (view here (PDF)) purporting to be from Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar. These illegitimate emails, which offer a fictious business opportunity, did not originate from the Comptroller's office.
In them, the Comptroller’s title is incorrect, and the agency cited as offering the opportunity does not exist. The offering email comes from the domain “zohosign.com,” while the email address provided for queries concerning the fraudulent offer misspells the Comptroller’s name and contains a different commercial address from the domain “outlook.com.” An authentic email from the Comptroller’s office will give the user’s full name with the agency’s domain name that ends with .gov.
If you suspect any correspondence from our agency is fraudulent, please notify us by emailing stop.spoofing@cpa.texas.gov.
HUB members are reporting that they have received a phishing email from numerous individuals falsely representing official correspondence from the Statewide Procurement Division. The fraudulent email did not originate from the Comptroller's office and is not legitimate correspondence. The malicious email is designed to lure recipients into clicking on the provided link to spread malware, steal login credentials or trick people into sharing personal and financial information. Some fraudsters are following up with a telephone call. If you receive such an email (view example), please contact us at these addresses: HUB Members: mailto:StatewideHUBProgram@cpa.texas.gov; CMBL members: e.cmbl@cpa.texas.gov.
Some Texas taxpayers have reported receiving the fraudulent email below. The email falsely represents that this is official correspondence from a “contractor” working for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
This email did not originate from our office and is not legitimate correspondence from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
This malicious email is designed to lure you into clicking on the provided link to spread malware, steal login credentials or trick you into sharing your personal and financial information.
An example of the malicious email appears below. If you receive such an email, please report it to our office and do not click on any link.
From: Contractor, Texas Comptroller <user@transferbigfiles.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 10:41 AM
Subject: You have file document from Texas Comptroller Contractor
To:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
You have file document from- Texas
Comptroller Contractor
Good Day,
Kindly check this attachment and click on the download page sent with OneDrive but you can log in with your email to view the attachment only on a computer. This is a new way to send large files.
Thank you,
Texas Comptroller Contractor
Go to Download Page »
https://www.transferbigfiles.com/fc113ee2-7d53-4d37-8f1d-0c8cd58bf12f/0wltY5ve78kyToHnEOwFnA2
(link expires 12/11/2022 8:00:00 AM)
Texas Comptroller Contractor
Texas Comptroller Contractor
Dropbox
DropBox.html
Note: The sender addresses vary significantly but tend to incorporate the false name of the sender. None of the known sender addresses end with "gov."
From: John Van HarenHUB Member,
Attached is information regarding your HUB Eligibility.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
John Van Haren , ASME, SNAME, MRINA, MPA, MCA