Tag: IRS Warning On Phishing Scams

Last week, the IRS warns about a phishing scam that has been on college students and staff of educational institutions expecting to receive pending tax refunds, The warning was published last week after the tax agency received reports that government’s phishing@irs.gov email received numerous complaints related to impersonation scams that have been generally targeting persons whose email addresses with “.edu”. How the Tax Refund Phishing Scam is Being Perpetuated Using fake emails supposedly coming from the tax agency, which included logos to make their messages more believable, scammers sent notices that made references to “Recalculation of your tax refund payment.” …