IRS Phish are Biting

Hackers are using the IRS tax season to target their malicious scams on computer users. Recently it is known that hackers are sending out messages that mask as IRS emails regarding tax matters. They have even taken the liberty to create websites that look like the IRS site where they can obtain a user's personal information.

Phishers are sending out a plethora of email messages pretending to be IRS messages. The phishing tactics of the fake IRS messages are so advanced that they may redirect you to a website that resembles the IRS site and upon entering your personal information it may direct you to the real IRS covering its tracks so you will never know your information was stolen. Currently the sources of the IRS phishing scams redirect the victims to sites hosted in Russia. The IRS is not aware of this issue but they do have a page devoted to warning users about phishing scams.

The IRS states that they do not send unsolicited email about tax account matters to individuals, business, tax-exempt or other taxpayers. Arming yourself with just that bit of information should assist you in avoiding phishing scams from fake IRS messages and links. It is recommended that you do not click on any links in email messages that claim to be from the IRS.