ALBANY - The Genesee County Sheriff's Office says a number of text messages have been seen coming from the "New York Depatment of Revenue," which is not a real agency or the New York State Division of Tax & Finance, which is a real agency.

These messages are known as "smishing scams," which are text-based phishing scams. They are attempts to scam people out of sensitive, personally identifiable information, including names, dates of birth, social security numbers, addresses and banking information.

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