Tips to Avoid Tax Season Scams

January 28, 2011 – 7:01 am

By Jeff Horne, Director, Threat Research As tax season rolls around again in the US and UK, it seems like a good time to revisit the perils taxpayers face seemingly every year at around this time. Phishing attacks against taxpayers are already in full swing — not that they haven’t been going continuously since last [...]

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8 Tips for Filing Taxes Online Safely

April 6, 2010 – 9:22 am

By Mike Kronenberg Getting ready to file your taxes online — and doing it at the last minute? Well, cyber-scammers are ready for you. Thieves are schemers, and they’ve got a bag full of tricks to steal your identity. You might even be doing things to make their job easier. And if you use a [...]

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IRS Tax “Warning” Fraud Crosses the Pond, Targets the UK

October 14, 2009 – 12:01 am

By Andrew Brandt For several months, we’ve been seeing spam and phishing Web sites which purport to be IRS notifications of delinquent non-payment of income taxes. Who can blame the fraudsters — almost no three letter agency of the US government inspires more dread and fear than good old Internal Revenue. In the UK, the [...]

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