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ALERT: Look Out for Phishing Emails

OBG Electronic Filing has received reports of illegitimate phishing e-mails being sent to OBG users. The email is not from the State of Ohio and it should be deleted. Our security teams are investigating the source of the email.

You do not need to install or update any software in order to continue using the Ohio Business Gateway after June 1. OBG's Electronic Filing Services will continue to work with current versions of popular web browsers, which are obtained directly from the browser providers. Distributing software via links in email is not, and has never been, a standard business practice of the Ohio Business Gateway.

A sample copy of the email is shown below. Any email that looks similar to this should be treated the same and it should be deleted without any further action on your part.

The phishing email may look like the one on the right, and may read:

Dear customer <your Name>,

NOTE: Read this message up to the end. You will mislay account access on Ohio Business Gateway website without items described below

Because of the growing number of attempts to hack the clients accounts we are doing everything to perfect the technology of our security system. For this reason you need to do these items to perfect the security of your computer.

Please fulfill all the items of this instruction:

  1. Redo your password on your private room at least once a month.
  2. Install and update your antivirus regularly.
  3. Do not pass login and password from our service to other people.
  4. Do not install extensions to your browser from the unknown vendors.
  5. Download and install OBG Secure Software, which protects your browser from viruses done to steal information (usernames, passwords, etc.). Also it will grant additional security when working with a private room and your financial information. NOTE: Beginning with 1 of June 2010 you wont have an access to the services of our company without an installed OBG Secure Software.

Download :

  • OBG Secure Software for Windows 2000/2003/NT
  • OBG Secure Software for Windows 98/ME
  • OBG Secure Software for Windows XP
  • OBG Secure Software for Windows Vista/Seven
  • Users of Mac OS/Linux/FreeBSD are not able to use OBG Secure Software

Learn more about phishing at OnGuard Online.