It turns out it is a known Phishing Scam. [...]]]> This was brought to our attention from one of our ever diligent clients. [who shall remain anonymous, but lets call him 'AT']. Mr. ‘AT’ had received an email telling him he needed to install a  Digital Certificate by January 20th, otherwise his Quickbooks would cease to work.

It turns out it is a known Phishing Scam. There was another email sent in December with a December 20th due date. Intuit is aware of the issue and is working to shut down the emails but new ones continue to be setup.

Quickbooks updates are NOT sent through the email. So Mr. ‘AT’ did the right thing by not clicking on the link and to give us a call. Phishing emails will not be stopped by antivirus software so it is up to you to review any email that asks for personal information or asks you to install a program or click on a link.

Thanks Mr. ‘AT’ for bringing this to our attention!!!!