- Jan 24, 2011
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The Internal Revenue Service warns taxpayers to be wary of scam emails that pose as official communications from the agency, as the tax filing deadline of April 18th draws near.
"Crooks send out unsolicited e-mails or shoot you an IM or something through Twitter asking you to send them your personal information, maybe your date of birth, Social Security number, account number, credit card number," IRS Special Agent Ron Marker told Deseret News.
"They can use an IRS logo, Treasury Department logo, things like that. Numerous takes on the irs.gov web address, you know dot.com, dot.net. They might use a space here and there or add another letter," he adds.
Of course, the tax season is always accompanied by phishing scams and the IRS is one of the most spoofed agencies, especially since tax e-filing has become a standard practice.
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"Crooks send out unsolicited e-mails or shoot you an IM or something through Twitter asking you to send them your personal information, maybe your date of birth, Social Security number, account number, credit card number," IRS Special Agent Ron Marker told Deseret News.
"They can use an IRS logo, Treasury Department logo, things like that. Numerous takes on the irs.gov web address, you know dot.com, dot.net. They might use a space here and there or add another letter," he adds.
Of course, the tax season is always accompanied by phishing scams and the IRS is one of the most spoofed agencies, especially since tax e-filing has become a standard practice.
More details - link
