Mayor Warns Staff Of 'Phishing' Attempt Mayor Tillapaugh COOPERSTOWN – Village of Cooperstown employees' emails are "phishing" targets, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch announced this morning. Phishing is defined as, "the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers." You have reached your limit of 3 free articles To Continue Reading SubscribeLogin Our hard-copy and online publications cover the news of Otsego County by putting the community back into the newspaper. We are funded entirely by advertising and subscriptions. With your…