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Released: April 23, 2013
With taxes done, watch out for identity thieves
Source: Haley Tsukayama, Washington Post (Free Registration)
While you may be breathing sighs of relief with the tax day now a week behind us, keep in mind that your tax returns may still return to haunt you. The time after users file taxes is prime for spammers to send out phishing attacks, pretending to ask users for more information on financial documents or tax data.
Users should remember that neither banks or governments will ever ask users for their passwords by e-mail and that even if a message claiming to be from the bank looks legitimate, users should always delete these e-mails immediately. If you’re worried you may be deleting important information, call your bank or its customer service line to confirm, said Phillip Soloweszyk, director of identity and Windows consulting services at Dell.
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