IRS Phishing Schemes…just in time for tax season

As tax season approaches, the numbers of IRS and tax-related spam and phishing outbreaks are rising. As seen below, the latest outbreak is a very official looking email, complete with an @irs.gov email address and IRS logo across the top. They even remembered to add a copyright at the bottom.

Anyone would be excited to receive [...]

Cause it’s the Tax Spam…Yeah, the Tax Spam

As always, spammers are looking for the “news hook” to get their spam through to users’ inboxes. And this week is no holiday, but it is (in the USA at least) tax season. With taxes due April 15, spammers have geared up their efforts at spewing out quantities of tax-related spam. Here is a selection [...]