The Orange County Register wrote an article that I thought I should pass on.
The Internal
Revenue Service is warning of a fraud scheme involving businesses and
individuals that file their federal taxes electronically.
Some
users of the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System have received an e-mail that
claims their tax payment was rejected and directs them to a website for
information. The website contains malware that attempt to infect the replier's
computer.
"If you
receive a message claiming to be from the IRS or EFTPS," the IRS warns
here, please:
* Do not reply
to the sender, access links on the site or submit any information to them.
* Forward the
message immediately to us at phishing@irs.gov."
About 9.5
million businesses and individuals file their federal taxes using the EFTPS, a
free system for filing taxes over the Internet or by phone, the IRS says.
The IRS requests
anyone receiving a suspicious e-mail or discovering a website posing as the IRS
to forward the e-mail or URL information to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov.
