{"id":20373,"date":"2023-06-26T22:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T22:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=727412"},"modified":"2023-06-26T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T22:39:13","slug":"email-phishing-scam-targets-licensed-insurance-producers-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2023\/06\/26\/email-phishing-scam-targets-licensed-insurance-producers-in-nevada\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Phishing Scam Targets Licensed Insurance Producers in Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oregon-confirms-data-of-1-6m-415x580.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/04\/oregon-confirms-data-of-1-6m.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2023\/06\/26\/727412.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2023\/06\/26\/727412.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>The Nevada Division of Insurance says it has been made aware of an email phishing scam targeting licensed insurance producers and agents in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>The division has reportedly received several calls from licensed professionals reporting they received a fraudulent email claiming that their license could be revoked if they do not pay an amendment fee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"cyber\" data-revive-companies data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>A payment link is embedded in the email, which is being sent from \u201cINSURANCE LICENSING <a href=\"mailto:donotreply@nevadalicense.us\">donotreply@nevadalicense.us<\/a>.\u201d It has the subject line: \u201cNevada Division of Insurance AMENDMENT FEE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The email is not from the division, which is warning recipients not to click on any links and to delete the email immediately.<\/p>\n<p>All official division Licensing emails are sent from \u201cnevada.licensing@doi.nv.gov\u201d or \u201crenewal.desk@doi.nv.gov.\u201d Emails received from any other addresses claiming to be the division should be considered fraudulent and should be deleted, the division advises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagtag\"> <span class=\"tagtag\">Topics<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/cyber\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\">Cyber<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/location\/nevada\/\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-primary tagtag\">Nevada<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll\" data-post=\"727412\">\n<div class=\"article-poll-vote\">\n<p>Was this article valuable?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll-feedback voted-no\">\n<form class=\"feedback-form\">\n<p>Thank you! 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