Security Summit Alert: Tax Professionals Warned of New Scam to “Unlock” Their Tax Software Accounts

[Elrod]

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the tax industry today warned tax professionals to be alert to a new phishing email scam impersonating software providers.

The scam email comes with the subject line, “Access Locked.” It tells recipients that access to their tax prep software accounts has been “suspended due to errors in your security details.” The scam email asks the tax professional to address the issue by using an “unlock” link provided in the email.

https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/security-summit-alert-tax-professionals-warned-of-new-scam-to-unlock-their-tax-software-accounts