September 10, 2009

Notice of Unreported Income Email: Scam!


Make sure you don't fall for this scam! Many people lately have been getting an email that says it is from the IRS, saying that you havbe been busted hiding unreported email. But don't be fooled, this "notice of unreported income" email is a scam.

The email says it is from irs.gov, and tells you to download a copy of your last return to review it, but it's not really from the IRS, and the "return" you download is actually a bit of malicious hacker-type software.

So make sure you don't fall for the "Notice of Unreported Income" email scam, or you wind up reporting an unexpected loss of income after you get hacked, scammed and ripped off. Be careful out there! Don't click on strange attachments.

Notice of Unreported income Email: Scam!
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A new IRS related scam is hitting mailboxes across the globe thanks to a botnet that is sending upwards of 90,000 messages per hour. The scam, which starts with a notice of unreported income, attempts to trick victims into downloading and installing a malicious executable...

Notice of Unreported income Email: Scam!

Posted at September 10, 2009 1:17 PM
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Posted by: Anonymous at September 10, 2009 5:56 PM

I received an email from "Robert Mueller" terrorist money going into my bank account.

Any hear of this one?

Posted by: Cynthia Swendsen at September 10, 2009 10:01 PM

yes i have heard of them ive gotten tons of them and report them as spam all the time havent gotten any the last two or three weeks so far

Posted by: Stephanie at September 10, 2009 10:21 PM

yes i have heard of them ive gotten tons of them and report them as spam all the time havent gotten any the last two or three weeks so far

Posted by: Stephanie at September 10, 2009 10:22 PM

hola a todos saludos

Posted by: motorol at September 10, 2009 10:49 PM

This stuff is so obviously fake that if you're naive enough to open it, you deserve the consequences.

Posted by: Bobo at October 5, 2009 6:44 PM

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