by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 31, 2021 | Scam of the day
There could hardly be a more appropriate time to warn you about a new phishing scam targeting college students and professors than April Fools Day. The IRS has issued a warning to college students and professors who are being targeted with a phishing email that...
by admin | Jan 18, 2018 | Scam of the day
The IRS has issued a warning to taxpayers and tax professionals about a new phishing scam specifically targeting Hotmail users in which scammers posing as the IRS attempt to steal personal information which can be used for purposes of identity theft. The email’s...
by admin | Mar 2, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Today’s Scam of the day comes, as many others do, from my own email. It is a phishing email currently being sent to people purporting to be from the IRS that attempts to lure people who receive the email into clicking on links in the emails in order to update...
by admin | Feb 25, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently the IRS issued its annual list of “Dirty Dozen” tax scams although many of these scams are not scams that cheat taxpayers, but rather scams the scammers attempt to perpetrate on the IRS in order to get large fraudulent refunds. These frauds...