...Tax Season

FYI…

- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2393
Last Updated: 2007-03-09 19:12:52 UTC ~ "Just some words of warning that we're passing along from one of our friends south of the equator: It's "IRS season" in Brazil. With the tax season deadline of April 30th approaching, any emails that you receive with "imposto de renda", "receita federal", or requests for your CPF (Brazilian SSN) is more than likely malware.
FYI, the real URLs for the Brazilian "IRS" are:
http://www.receita.fazenda.gov.br/
http://www.receita.fazenda.gov.br/PessoaFi…007Informa1.htm
The same warning applies to US residents: be VERY wary of any email claiming to be from the IRS. Never, EVER send any personal financial information in email. Never, EVER trust a link in an email that claims to be from the IRS or a financial institution…"

FYI…

> http://preview.tinyurl.com/2hw9ry
March 15, 2007 ~ "If you're paying taxes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service there is only one URL you need to know: www.irs.gov . That's what the U.S. tax collecting department said this week in a note on its Web site*, warning taxpayers of tax season scams and reminding them that Web sites like IRS.com are not affiliated with the U.S. government. "Taxpayers may be confused by the proliferation of Internet sites that contain some form of the Internal Revenue Service name or IRS acronym with a .com, .net, .org or other designation in the address," the IRS said in its note. "Since many of these sites also bear a striking resemblance to the real IRS site, taxpayers may be misled into thinking that the site they have accessed is indeed the official IRS government site"…"
* http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=168574,00.html