NOT THE CDC: The fake e-mails claim the recipient had come into contact with a person confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus

Taipei Times
Date: May 06, 2020
By: Huang Chao-hsiang, Dennis Xie and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writers and CNA

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) does not contact the public via e-mail, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said on Monday, urging people who receive such e-mails not to reply to or forward them, or click on any links they contain.

Several people have reported receiving e-mails from an address (notices@cdc.gov.tw) purporting to belong to the CDC.

The e-mails claim to provide a “final notice” for COVID-19 testing and say the recipient had come into contact with a person confirmed to have been infected, the CECC said.

The e-mails are an attempt at phishing, and since its establishment, the CECC has only contacted the public through notices on its official Web site and social media accounts, it said.    [FULL  STORY]