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Latest episode, listen now! (Includes special gardening safety section at no extra charge!) Continue reading S3 Ep20: Corporate megahacking, true love gone bad, and tax grabs [Podcast]
Fraudsters often stay ahead of the game, using every trick in the book to catch citizens off guard and steal millions of dollars in hard-earned money, and personal information each year. Although scammers are a year-round threat, the extended tax seaso… Continue reading Extended Tax Season in the US Spurs Additional Concerns for Identity Theft and Tax-Related Fraud
Taxpayers are being targeted by a new NetWire RAT variant in a recent malspam campaign that makes use of an improved keylogger and an Excel 4.0 Macro. Continue reading Taxpayers Targeted With Improved NetWire RAT Variant
Three recent spam campaigns are pretending to be from ADP and Paychex; in reality, the malicious emails are spreading the TrickBot trojan. Continue reading Spam Campaigns Spread TrickBot Malware with Tax Lure
The IRS reported a 60 percent increase in phishing scams in 2018 aimed at stealing money or sensitive data from taxpayers and businesses. Here?s what that portends for tax season this year.
The post Fraudsters Bring Fresh Bait to Tax Phishing This Year… Continue reading Fraudsters Bring Fresh Bait to Tax Phishing This Year
Back in 2016 we blogged about a major set of arrests in India and the United States related to a call center scam imitating the IRS. (See “Major Call Center Scam Revealed – 56 Indicted”)
This post is to just share an update on that case. T… Continue reading IRS Call Scammers Sentenced in Texas
Tax scam fraudsters are getting smarter, and their schemes are growing more sophisticated, targeting not just individual consumers, but also employees with access to sensitive personal and financial data. Here are simple ways to avoid getting hooked by… Continue reading Tax Phishing Scams to Watch for in 2018
A review of guilty pleas by phone scammers holds many lessons for ordinary people Continue reading Anatomy of a scam: how phone frauds harvest millions from us
A review of guilty pleas by phone scammers holds many lessons for ordinary people Continue reading Anatomy of a scam: how phone frauds harvest millions from us
This year’s variation on the CEO scam goes after W-2 forms and then adds a wire fraud on top Continue reading Beware the latest tax-season spear-phishing scam