INDIANAPOLIS — Officials at Scotty ’ s Brewhouse are scrambling to deal with a data breach Attack.Databreach that leaked Attack.Databreach thousands of employee W-2 forms to an unknown scammer . That 's according to our news reporting partners at CBS4 Indy . Company officials called police about the leak Monday afternoon . Somebody posing as Attack.Phishing CEO Scott Wise emailed Attack.Phishing a payroll employee , asking her to send all 4,000 W-2 forms to him . The e-mail wasn ’ t really from Wise , but the employee did send all the forms , giving the scammer personal finance information for all those employees . Scotty ’ s Brewhouse executives contacted the IRS and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department about the breach . They ’ re now working to notify all their employees and give them steps to protect their financial information . IMPD and other agencies are involved in the investigation into who sent Attack.Phishing the bogus email . This email scam Attack.Phishing matches a phishing scheme Attack.Phishing that prompted a warning from the IRS last year during tax season . At that time , the agency recorded a 400 percent increase in this kind of scam . The IRS has a website to use if your W-2 or other information has been leaked Attack.Databreach . Tuesday evening , Scotty 's Brewhouse issued a statement on the situation : Yesterday Scotty ’ s Holdings , LLC and its subsidiary , affiliate and managed entities were the victims of an email phishing scam Attack.Phishing that resulted in the disclosure of 2016 W-2 information . Scotty ’ s has confirmed that no customer information was obtained Attack.Databreach by the scammers in yesterday ’ s phishing scam Attack.Phishing . Scotty ’ s is working closely with federal and local law enforcement and the credit bureaus to limit any potential misuse of the information that was obtained Attack.Databreach and to identify and apprehend the scammers . “ Unfortunately , Scotty ’ s was the target of and fell victim to scammers , as so many other companies have , ” said Scott Wise , CEO of Scotty ’ s Holdings , LLC . “ Scotty ’ s employees and customers are of tremendous importance to the company and Scotty ’ s regrets any inconvenience to its employees that may result from this scamming incident . Scotty ’ s will continue to work with federal and local law enforcement , the Internal Revenue Service and credit bureaus to bring the responsible party or parties to justice. ” Scotty ’ s alerted authorities immediately after it learned of the scam . A toll-free number was set up by the company to answer employee questions . The company will also make available to affected employees one year of credit monitoring at no cost to employees , in addition to providing information regarding available resources for its employees to monitor their credit .

An email scam Attack.Phishing passing as a Netflix notification has been targeting subscribers of the streaming service . The “ suspension notification ” looks similar in design and format to other Netflix emails . It notifies and urges users to update their information to avoid the suspension of their account . The goal of the scam Attack.Phishing is to steal personal and credit card information , according to a report from Mailguard . The email contains a link to a fake Netflix website where users are required to enter log-in information and a credit card number . The faux website has the Netflix logo on display plus The Crown and House of Cards banners to further trick Attack.Phishing visitors . In a stament sent to EW , a Netflix spokesperson assured subscribers that the company takes the “ security of our members ’ accounts seriously , ” also stating that these type of scams aren ’ t uncommon : “ Netflix employs numerous proactive measures to detect fraudulent activity to keep the Netflix service and our members ’ accounts secure . Unfortunately , these scams Attack.Phishing are common on the internet and target popular brands such as Netflix and other companies with large customer bases to lure Attack.Phishing users into giving out personal information. ” According to Mailguard ’ s report , the scam has targeted almost 110 million subscribers . One important thing to note is that the email ’ s recipient appears as “ no sender , ” plus the victim ’ s name appears as “ # name # , ” as shown in the screenshot . Netflix customers who receive this email are advised to abstain from filling out any information prompted by the website . Netflix ’ s spokesperson also suggested that members of the streaming service visit netflix.com/security or contact Customer Service directly to learn more information about scams and other malicious activity .

BT MAIL users should be on alert as a new email scam Attack.Phishing is discovered which could be used to gain access Attack.Databreach to personal details . Users of BT ’ s popular email service should be aware of a new scam which is targeting customers across the UK . The latest threat , which was unleashed over the weekend , suggests that customers ’ bills are overdue and need to be paid as soon as possible . The full message reads , “ Your latest bill is now overdue . You can view it online at My BT or on the app . To log in , you 'll need your BT ID . This is usually your email address . “ You need to pay it as soon as possible to avoid service intreruption ! ” This scam then attempts to trick Attack.Phishing users by suggesting they should click a link to pay their outstanding bill . There ’ s plenty of warning signs about this message including obvious spelling errors and the fact there ’ s no official BT branding on the email . Another reason why this is clearly a fake is that it 's been sent Attack.Phishing to people who do n't even use BT as their email provider . One person hit by the scam told Express.co.uk that they received Attack.Phishing the email on Sunday and have never had a BT broadband or BT email account . UK Police have also sent out an alert warning BT customers about this latest scam Attack.Phishing and advising them not to be cautious when clicking in links embedded within emails . In a tweet Warwickshire Police said they had “ received an email from BT re an outstanding bill today - there are links on it to pay the bill . `` This is an obvious scam , '' the message on Twitter continued . `` Please if you receive a similar one DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINKS - BT have been made aware . '' Express.co.uk has contacted BT for comment on this latest scam . BT has plenty of advice on its website about staying safe online . The broadband supplier states that internet scams can take many forms , from ' phishing Attack.Phishing ' , where a fake email or web site will try to get you to part with your bank account information , to scams pretending to be Attack.Phishing from online auction , job or other websites that try to collect your personal data . Not sure if an email you 've received is genuine ? Do n't click on it , and never give out your account or bank details . Stay safe by being aware of `` phishing Attack.Phishing `` and other scams that might find their way into your inbox .