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Urbana planning staff warns of fake invoices targeting applicants; offers verification steps
Summary
Planning staff told commissioners they have detected scammers repackaging public application details into fake invoices sent from spoofed addresses that mimic the City's planning inbox; staff urged applicants not to pay and said the department will update email signatures and redact identifying details in public postings.
Planning Division staff warned the Urbana Planning Commission on Saturday that applicants have been targeted by a fraud scheme that repackages public application details into fake invoices and sends them from spoofed email addresses that appear to be the planning inbox.
Staff described how website-posted packets are crawled and used to create convincing invoices that include city branding and memo language. The fake invoices have…
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