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Article: Tax-time phishing scams out to lure the unsuspecting.
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- Information Today
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- April 1, 2009
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is once again one of the most targeted organizations for hackers who are busy trying to obtain Social Security numbers, bank account information, and other data from unsuspecting taxpayers.
Fraudsters didn't even wait until April this year, when people are more likely to think a message from the IRS is legitimate.
In early February, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (U.S. CERT, which coordinates defense against and responses to cyberattacks nationwide) reported that phishing scams are circulating via fraudulent IRS emails that offer users stimulus package payments. These emails included text that attempts to ...