Fraudulent Emails Posing as TxDMV

From the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles:The Department of Motor Vehicles recently received two separate reports of email-Fraud posing as TxDMV. Both of the emails appear to be sent from [email protected] using ‘TxDMV eLICENSING’ as the email account name.The email contained the following language:“Welcometo the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV.) webDEALER | eTag System ThewebDEALER|eTAG system is designed to make processing dealer tags fast and easyfor dealerships, pleasenote that you are required to provide additional information in order to continue to makeuse of the webDEALER | eTAG system and also to prevent your account from fraud.  Toaccess your account, please click on the link below to Update your profile”. As a securitymeasure we will be forcing a password reset on all webDealer accounts at 2:00 PMtoday, Thursday, February 16, 2023.  After 2:00 PM today, you will beprompted tochange yourpassword following your login to webDealer, or you can choose the forgot passwordlink toreset your webDealer password.Rememberthe following tips to protect yourself:Be wary of any emails that you weren’t expecting.  In cases where you canverify with the sender, do so by phone.Think before you click. Scammers depend on impulsive clickers.Be very cautious of those urgent deadlines – i.e. messages from the IRS,COVID-19, or your bank or credit card.Never enter your sensitive information in an untrusted site or pop-up window.Hover over the link with your mouse to see if the link points to a legitimateaddress.Do not reply to any suspicious emails!To report a suspicious TxDMV email or to verify if an TxDMV email islegitimate, please send the email to [email protected].