With tax season ramping up, tax scams are on the rise. Scams aren’t limited to in person scams; online scammers are in on the action, too. The latest tax-related scams to make the rounds might have landed in your inbox as early as last month but they’re still going strong; I received three just this…
Apparently, scammers hope that taxpayers have a short memory. The EFTPS scam that was making the rounds last fall is gaining steam again. This time, the email has been tweaked a little bit to make it look more authentic. The email reads like this: Your Tax payment (ID: 30749894123088), recently from your checking account was canceled…
The tech blog at the Financial Times (FT.com) is offering some further insight into the EFTPS scam that I reported earlier. According to FT.com, the scam is part of the Zeus family. The links in the email take you to what is a real web site but along the way, a version of Zeus may…
It seems that the spammers, phishers, scammers, and schemers are upping their game these days. In addition to the EFTPS scam making the rounds, I received word that there is a phishing scheme involving the Canada Revenue Agency. The email read: Online Refund Form After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have…
Thanks to my friends over at Smithford Law Offices for noting that the IRS has issued a warning about these EFTPS scams. You can get more details, including a link to the warning, here. If you can’t view the post, you can read the IRS warning here. Apparently, the scam has been circulating for a…
It’s that time of year again… The one when the crazies come out and try to steal your personal information or infect your computer or some other such nonsense by sending fake e-mails purporting to be from the IRS. There are a bunch of these e-mails floating around right now. The most recent ones have…
By now, you have to have received one of the scam emails purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with the subject line: “Notice of Underreported Income.” I’ve received 59 of them just since September 18, 2009. Persistent little spammers. But if you’re smart or if you follow me on Twitter (not that…
I just received an email with the subject line “Confidential Information” in my inbox. The attachment was a form which requested a long list of information including: Billing Address Social Security Number Mother’s Maiden Name Drivers License Social Security Number Phone Number Credit Card Number with Signature Panel Code and Expiration, plus PIN Bank Name…
I just received the following email with the header “Get Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard Now!” in my email today: After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $135.50. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9…