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IRS Scam Leverages Hacked Tax Preparers, Client Bank Accounts

19

Feb

2018

Identity thieves who specialize in tax refund fraud have been busy of late hacking online accounts at multiple tax preparation firms, using them to file phony refund requests.

Category Identity theft Written by Krebsonsecurity 0 Comments

ID theft puppet master convicted of huge tax refund scam

14

Nov

2017

The kingpin of a far-reaching identity theft scheme that targeted 16- and 17-year-olds, prison inmates and US soldiers – including some deployed to Afghanistan – has finally been convicted after his case wound through the courts for years. Read More

Category Identity theft Written by Nakedsecurity 0 Comments

Spoofed IRS notice delivers RAT through link updating trick

22

Sep

2017

The malware delivery trick involving updating links in Word documents is apparently gaining some traction: the latest campaign to use it likely takes the form of fake emails from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The fake email includes an attachment, supposedly a CP2000 notice, which is sent by the IRS when the income and/or payment […]

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