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Phishing is the black art of getting people to divulge valuable information through an email. Criminals love it because they can reach massive amounts of people. It also is anonymous in large part. There is distance. They can exploit without face to face contact. The latest phishing attempt focuses on the IRS. You can see the email above. The email creates urgency with the time limit – smart. It also gives various reasons why the refund was initially missed – real smart. Finally, once users copy and paste the given IRS address, which is real, they are bounced to the criminal’s copy-cat IRS site – wickedly smart. 
Once at the bogus site (to the right), users are asked for private information like social security number and credit card numbers. This is due to a security problem with the actual IRS site. As I’ve said before, if someone initiates contact with you via email for private information – always verify it with a phone call to that person or organization. It may just save you your identity!
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I am constantly bombarded with phising attempts, sometimes I get 5 ebay messages in a day purporting to be a suspension notice, I usually go to the site and fill in things like “your mum” for my name and other expletives!
I just recieved a highly suspecious call from someone claiming to work for the IRS – Grant Department. Supposedly, despite high government deficits, the IRS has recieved enough tax revenue to give away $8000 through random selection of telephone numbers.
A few things struck me as odd:
1. Indian accent, he claimed his name was Andy Johnson
2. Asked for personal financial info
a. bank name and account number
b. credit or debit account number
3. He called early afternoon on a Saturday
4. The telephone area code and his supposed location did not match.
The call was pretty professional none-the-less. I have contacted the fraud department of the IRS.
“It it’s too good to be true….”
Regards