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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 249 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: notorious spammer pleads guilty tax evasion fraud comments Discuss  
Al Capone of junk mail heading for the big houseNotorious spammer Robert Soloway faces an extended spell behind bars after pleading guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges last Friday.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 249 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: spammers exploit tax season comments Discuss  
As reported in the February State of Spam report, we have observed spammers disguising themselves as the IRS and dangling an offer of a tax refund to unwitting recipients. That is, a refund made available once you input your credit card information into their site. A site that does not bear the IRS URL. A site that is fraudulent and nothing more than a collection tool for credit card and other personal information. And while we are still seeing this, we have recently observed a few new types of spam in rel read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 230 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: beware targeted datastealing tax scam comments Discuss  
A fresh round of targeted e-mail attacks is underway, arriving in messages that personally address both the recipient and his or her employer. One pretends to be sent from the IRS requesting more information about company tax filings. Another set of targeted e-mails purport to be sent from Microsoft, urging recipients to download and install a new security update. Both try to trick the user into installing software that steals personal and financial data from...Please click on the title to continue reading read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 230 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: scams threaten businesses tax time comments Discuss  
Beware bogus e-mail and phone calls from fraudsters posing as the IRS. ...Go beyond knowing technology and manage it Get a Master of Science in Technology Management online. Enroll with National University today. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 191 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn irs employees charged snooping tax returns comments Discuss  
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/five-irs-employ.htmlBy Kevin Poulsen Threat LevelWired.comMay 13, 2008Five workers at the Internal Revenue Service's Fresno, California, return processing center were charged Monday with computer fraud and unauthorized access to tax return information for allegedly peeking into taxpayers' files for their own purposes."The IRS has a method for looking for unauthorized access, and it keeps audit trails, and occasionally it will pump out information about who's do read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 182 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: new tax plan jeopardize small business owners privacy comments Discuss  
The Bush administration is proposing a new tax collection program that would force credit card companies to report merchants' income to the Internal Revenue Service. The plan has come under fire from privacy groups, who say it will create another private sector database tied to the Social Security numbers at a time when ID theft experts are urging companies to wean themselves from the use and collection of such information. The proposal is spelled out...Please click on the title to continue reading this en read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 51 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: update rd tax credit stalled comments Discuss  
While all eyes are on Congress to see whether they will resolve the credit crunch by bailing out banks and other financial institutions from their own greed, another money bill, the Research and Development Tax Credit moved one step closer to passage on Friday. However, the deal is not yet closed. read more »
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