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Tax Email Scams Up 400% This Year: IRS

  • phys.org, Tuesday, April 5, 2016 4:35 AM
The IRS has warned tax payers to beware of emails claiming to come from its agency. Email scams are up 400 percent this year. The agency is also warning accounting departments to beware CEO spam, in which accountants within an organization are sent emails that appear to come from the company's executives. This attack is on the rise and if the employee responds they could expose private employee data.

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