[Phishing] IRS Warns of Tax Refund Scam


The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a phishing
scam that uses promises of tax refunds to steal sensitive financial
information.

The IRS issued a statement Wednesday warning consumers of the scam
e-mail messages, which appears to come from taxrefunds@irs.gov and
contains a link to a phishing Web site that collects Social Security and
credit card information. But one anti-virus software company claims a
flaw in a U.S. government Web site may be helping the scammers.

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http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200512/msg00001.html

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