Security News > 2022 > February > Intuit warns of phishing emails threatening to delete accounts

Accounting and tax software provider Intuit has notified customers of an ongoing phishing campaign impersonating the company and trying to lure victims with fake warnings that their accounts have been suspended.

Intuit's alert follows reports received from customers who were emailed and told that their Intuit accounts were disabled following a recent server security upgrade.

"We have temporarily disabled your account due to inactivity. It is compulsory that you restore your access within next 24 hours," the attackers say in the phishing messages, masquerading as the Intuit Maintenance Team.

The financial software maker said that it's not behind these emails and that the sender "Is not associated with Intuit, is not an authorized agent of Intuit, nor is their use of Intuit's brands authorized by Intuit."

The maker of TurboTax and QuickBooks urges all customers who have received one of these phishing emails not to click any embedded links or open attachments.

The recommended way to tackle these phishing attempts is to delete the emails to avoid getting infected with malware or being redirected to a phishing landing page that would try to hand over your credentials.

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