Consumers should be aware of a scam in which recipients receive an e-mail that claims to come from the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, according to a news release from the Internal Revenue Service. The e-mail states that tax payments made by the e …
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You have not won a cruise to the Caribbean, you are not related to the king of Nigeria and the IRS is not e-mailing you about your federal taxes. Those familiar with modern e-mail scams may be familiar with the first two hoaxes – cruises in the tropics …
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It’s that time of the year, folks — a swarm of emails have been coming out from spoofed addresses, claiming to be from the customer service section of Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (eftps.gov). An example of the message after the jump, as well as some
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Iran is going nuclear over a malicious computer worm targeting the country’s atomic energy facilities. The Stuxnet worm has targeted not only Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant — scheduled to go online in a matter of weeks — but also the personal computers of …
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