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Malware spammed out widely posing as income tax email

04

Feb

2013

A malware campaign has been spammed out widely, seemingly taking advantage of an important date in the US tax system’s calendar.January 31st is the deadline for US employers to deliver the W-2 form to all of their workers, used to help calculate the total wages earned by an individual during the course of the year.So, […]

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Spring Brings Tax-related Scams, Spams, Phish, Malware, and the IRS

26

Mar

2012

Spring is here and that means scam artists are thinking about income taxes and the IRS. Not that scam artists pay income taxes, they just know taxes and any mention of the IRS is a good way to get your attention, which explains a steady stream of deceptive emails targeting tax-paying Americans who now have […]

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IRS Spam / pollypeach.com

28

Feb

2012

Another IRS spam run leading to malware, this time on pollypeach.com. Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2012 17:02:45 +0600 From: “Ofelia Childers” Subject: IRS notification of your tax appeal status. Dear Accountant Officer, Hereby you are notified that your Income Tax Return Appeal id#0184348 has been REJECTED. If you believe the IRS did […]

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