IRS Email Scam Devastating: Targets Users, Businesses

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  1. mixz1

    mixz1 Guest

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    Playing on the natural reservations people have about tax collectors, the latest scareware offering from hackers is not only devious and misleading, but is now being recognized as the single most virus-based spam delivered in the world.

    The latest scareware scheme assumes the voice of the IRS, with an infected message carrying the subject line "Notice of Underreported Income." While most users know better than to open an unsolicited email, many fell victim to the all-too-enticing file attachment labeled "view tax statement."

    The result of course sent unsuspecting users to an infected, malicious web site.

    To read the entire article go to: http://www.infopackets.com/news/sec...scam_devastating_targets_users_businesses.htm
     
  2. LTL

    LTL Enthusiast Registered Member

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    Thanks.

    I have had this sent to my work email twice in the last couple of weeks.
     
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