In a new scheme, hackers are trying to get your financial information by pretending to be the IRS.
The emails look real and claim to be from the IRS, saying your tax transfer or payment was rejected by your bank. There's even a tax ID number meant to trick you into clicking on a link.
The BBB said it’s not from the IRS, but the latest phishing scheme aimed at getting your financial information.
“When you click on that link, it sends a bot into your computer, looking for financial information,” said BBB President Tom Bartholomy. “It’s going to grab that, extract it out and on its way out, it leaves up to five Trojan horses in your system that's basically going to shut you down.”
Bartholomy was able to reveal information about the email by letting his cursor hover over the link.
“If you hover over it, up will come the website that it’s being directed to, and they've even set this up that it’s going to another spoof site,” he said.
The IRS is aware of the emails and has issued a warning on its website. They say don't reply to these emails, open any attachments or click on the links.
You're instructed to forward it to phishing@irs.gov and then delete the original mail.
The IRS will never contact you via computer about your returns. It only sends official notices to you in the mail.
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