The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an alert about a new email scheme targeting taxpayers. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself.
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Big Four Accounting Firm Deloitte Confirms Cyber Attack
Deloitte, known popularly in the United States as one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, has confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack.
Read MoreIRS Issues Urgent Warning About Ransomware Email Scam
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued an urgent warning about a new scheme targeting taxpayers. The scheme involves a bogus email which impersonates the IRS and the FBI as part of a ransomware scam to take computer data hostage.
Read MoreIRS Warns Again On Email Scam After FBI Reports Billions In Related Losses
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state tax agencies, and the tax industry have announced a recent increase in email scams targeting employee Forms W-2. A variation on the scam has cost businesses more than $3 billion over the past two years.
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Why I Walked Out Of My Child’s Doctor’s Office (And It’s Okay For You To Do It, Too)
We’ve been trained to think we have to answer certain questions in order to get services. When it comes to ID theft, sometimes answering those questions may do more harm than good.
Read MoreIRS Warns Tax Pros About New Phishing Scam
The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies, and the tax industry, as part of the Security Summit, are warning tax professionals about a new scam making the rounds. The new scam involves a phishing email scam impersonating tax software providers and attempting to steal usernames and passwords.
Read MoreSocial Security Warns On New Scheme Similar To IRS Phone Scams
Financial scams involving individuals posing as government employees aren’t limited to those Internal Revenue Service (IRS) phone scams. There’s a new scam making the rounds – and this time, it involves individuals claiming to be from the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Read MoreMillennials Most Likely To Fall Victim To Tax & Financial Scams
A survey suggests that millennials are more likely to fall for financial scams, including tax scams, than older generations.
Read MoreIRS Issues Warning On New Twist To Scam Targeting Tax Professionals
Scammers clearly aren’t taking a break this summer. The IRS, state tax agencies and the tax industry, as part of the Security Summit, is warning tax professionals to beware of phishing emails claiming to be from a tax software education provider and seeking sensitive preparer data.
Read MoreIRS Warns On 'New Twist' To Old Phone Scams
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning about a new telephone scam making the rounds.
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