The Division of Taxation was made aware of an ANCHOR text scam asking the recipient to provide their social security number. The Division of Taxation will not initiate a text exchange to request personally identifiable information regarding an ANCHOR benefit, or an income tax filing.

Please contact the Division of Taxation before providing any sensitive personal information in response to received communications claiming to be related to the ANCHOR program. We encourage you to visit the Division of Taxation’s Scams page for more information.