IRS: 'Phishing' ID Theft Scams On Rise

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Good to see the IRS alerting the public-at-large.

Via CBS News.

[snip]

The Internal Revenue Service, noting an escalation in identity theft scams, is raising alarms about e-mails designed to 
dupe taxpayers into revealing personal financial information.

IRS and Treasury Department officials have noticed an increase this winter in the frequency and sophistication of 
"phishing" schemes that use the tax agency's logo to lure victims.

[snip]

More:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/13/tech/main1397673.shtml

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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