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Make sure you create new, unique, strong, complex login credentials for your most valuable online portals — namely your email, banking, and IRS tax accounts. Review your Amazon order history. Look for any unfamiliar transactions or activity, and make a note of anything suspicious. Report ...
The main goal of "IRS Online Email Virus" is to trick people into opening the attachment, which then infects computers with a virus. Cyber criminals behind this campaign claim to be representatives of a federal agency, the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). Little other information regarding the ...
Did you get an unwanted email that looks like it's from the IRS or eFile.com, but it's actually not? This identity theft process is called phishing—yes, sounds like fishing. Take immediate actions if you mistakenly fell victim to this. ...
In one scenario, for which the IRS has already sent several warnings, a scammer will use your Social Security number to file a tax return in your name and then claim the refund. The biggest red flag in this scam is being pressured to act quickly. In actuality, the IRS will give you ...
The IRS said taxpayers who attempt to e-file their return and find it rejected because a tax return with their Social Security number has already been filed should file a Form 14039, called an Identity Theft Affidavit, to report themselves as a possible identity theft victim. RELATED: Masks,...
The IRS will never email you requesting information from you. Scammers will often send emails from FedEx, UPS, USPS, and other shipping agencies, claiming that you owe taxes or customs fees on items that you don’t remember purchasing. ...
Many BEC attacks target HR and finance employees to stealpersonally identifiable information (PII)and other sensitive data with which to commit identity theft or cybercrimes. For example, in 2017, theIRS warnedof a BEC scam that stole employee data. Scammers posed as a company executive and aske...
In one scenario, for which the IRS has already sent several warnings, a scammer will use your Social Security number to file a tax return in your name and then claim the refund. The biggest red flag in this scam is being pressured to act quickly. In actuality, the IRS will give you ...
IRS-themed credential phish also borrow from the “locked account” lures common in consumer financial account phishing campaigns, capitalizing on popular news reports of fraudulently filed tax returns and identity theft. For example, the credential phishing landing page below tries t...