This Tax Season The Cyber Crooks Came Out Of The Woodwork
Whenever tax season rolls around, the crooks seem to come out of the woodwork. This tax season was no different. Internal Revenue Service scams were spread around; the most popular one involved an email that appeared to be a legitimate email from the IRS. This email stated that this year, your tax refund can be available on your Visa or Mastercard. To transfer your refund, it directs you to a website that asks for your credit card number, social security number, card verification value numbers, credit card expiration dates, filing status, amount shown on your tax return, and other personal information. In today's day and age, it is my hope that no one would offer this type of information to an unverified website merely because it looks authentic, but the few people who were duped are surely victims of identity theft and are now feeling the blowback from their fatal mistake.