Warning from the IRS regarding Suspicious e-Mails and Identity Theft

The Internal Revenue Service has issued several recent consumer warnings on the fraudulent use of the IRS name or logo by scamsters trying to gain access to consumers’ financial information in order to steal their identity and assets. When identity theft takes place over the Internet, it is called phishing. Image via Wikipedia Suspicious e-Mail/Phishing Phishing (as in “fishing for information”...

October 1st, 2009 by The Tax Man