It's Tax Time in the U.S. and the Email Scammers are Busy


	It's Tax Time in the U.S. and the Email Scammers are Busy

zizzy

2-20-2009 1:10 PM

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There are other variations of the scam. Go to clip source to find out as well as learn what to do if you receive a scam email.

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Phony refund “phishing” scams use the Internal Revenue Service name to try to get your personal identity and financial information</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">Here’s how it works. You receive an unsolicited email. It claims to be an official IRS notification that you are eligible to receive a tax refund, often for an amount such as $571.94. Bogus emails may come from plausible-looking addresses such as "tax-refunds@irs.gov" or "admin@irs.gov</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">You are then asked to copy and paste a URL website address into your browser to make your refund claim, or click on a link</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">Quick Tip-Offs</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">IRS does not use email for correspondence with taxpayers about refunds</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">IRS reports that it does not ask for personal identity or financial information by unsolicited email.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">Other Versions of This Scam</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">help victims of the California wildfires</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">$80 by filling out a customer satisfaction survey for the IRS</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">Scare versions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newyork.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=24&id=bcbaa5f9-1054-4142-818a-bf4594a4c38c">may download a “Trojan Horse</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D64DE9E1-47E1-4730-87D4-304E81D9184D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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