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NEW IRS Email Scam this Tax Season
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Watch Out: Newest Email Scam—Almost-Real Speeding Tickets
Some residents of the Philadelphia suburb Tredyffrin have reportedly been receiving emails notifying them of fictitious speeding tickets, and directing them to pay at a link that triggers a malware download. There’s a lot more going on here, because, according
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15 Signs You Could Be a Tax Scam Victim
Tax scams are a common occurrence these days, but in all fairness, the IRS has done a great job over the past few years of cracking down on phony returns, and providing guidelines on what to do if you’re a
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Don’t Become the Next Victim to a Tax Scam In 2016
The IRS releases the “dirty dozen” list of the worst tax scams each year and hopefully helping the American public avoid becoming victims. Some aren’t applicable to most people, such as using offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes, but many are
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Canada’s Top 10 Scams Earned crooks $1.2B in 2015, Says BBB
Canadians reported losing $61 million to scams in 2015, according to the Better Business Bureau of Canada. But that likely represents only five per cent of the $1.2 billion the BBB estimates Canada’s actually lost to scammers in 2015. RELATED: Polygamous Leaders
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E-filing Tax Fraud
An audit released this week by Internet security nonprofit the Online Trust Alliance found that 46 percent, or 6 out of 13 tax software websites in an IRS program, failed cybersecurity protocols. The websites are part of IRS Free File
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NEW IRS Email Scam this Tax Season
April 15th is just two months away and IRS officials are warning of a new surge of email scams. In a press release, the IRS said that they have seen a 400 percent surge in phishing and malware incidents so far
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Craigslist Fails at Preventing Scam Rental Ads
In a recent study involving scams and Craigslist, the popular online listings service, Craigslist lost. The study focussed on listings for housing rentals, and found that Craigslist failed to remove a majority of those that were fraudulent. RELATED: WARNING: IRS Will
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Romantic Scammers Attack Personal Identities
Online dating is at it’s peak this time of year with cupids still playing off Valentine’s Day, and the second dates lacking as several online daters are finding fraudsters instead of true love. According to Pew Research, one in five Americans between
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Neflix Email Scam Targets Subscribers
Netflix subscribers are the latest victims of an e-mail scam, causing confusion and unfortunately identity theft. Cst. Ian MacDonald with the Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Police says they received six reports from residents last week that they had received an email that
Read MoreFormer Bucks County Playhouse Owner Guilty of Money Fraud
The former longtime owner of the historic Bucks County Playhouse was found guilty Friday by a federal jury of claiming more than $200,000 in fraudulent insurance payments after a 2006 flood devastated the property, prosecutors said. Ralph Miller could face
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