New Phishing Scheme Mimics Software Providers; Targets Tax Professionals

[Elrod]

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today alerted tax professionals to an emerging phishing email scam that pretends to be from tax software providers and tries to trick recipients into clicking on a bogus link.

The email scheme is the latest in a series of attempts by fraudsters to use the IRS or other tax issues as a cover to trick people into giving up sensitive information such as passwords, Social Security numbers or credit card numbers or to make unnecessary payments.

 

More....https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/new-phishing-scheme-mimics-software-providers-targets-tax-professionals

[Catherine]

[joanmcq]

I got one of these before the warning went out.  It told me to update my Taxwise software, so I knew something was fishy.

[Pacun]

I only update when I open the program and there is an update. Or I update from within the programs. I barely read emails and if they contain links, I really think about that email before I click on the link. My rule is: If I will sleep well after refusing to click on a link, I don't click it.