The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its state and industry Security Summit partners are warning tax professionals about a new scam involving phishing emails posing as accounting and professional associations. The IRS has received reports from tax professionals who received fake emails by scammers who were trying to trick them into disclosing their email usernames and passwords. So far, the IRS says that tax professionals in Iowa, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Canada (yes, Canada) have been targeted. It’s similar to a scheme reported last year involving a phishing email scam impersonating tax-software providers and attempting to steal usernames and passwords from tax professionals. Remember: The IRS never initiates initial contact with a tax professional (or taxpayer) via email.

Source: Forbes May 24, 2018 16:54 UTC