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2004–09December 1, 2005Macs Only!Internet
Income Tax Refund Used as Phishers' Bait--Macs Vulnerable: According to a CNet report, phishers are sending emails disguised as coming from the IRS to victims stating that they have a tax refund of $571.94. The bogus email has a real U.S. government URL (GovBenefits.gov) but a flaw in coding the web site permits the phisher to bounce the email to their own bogus IRS web site to collect sensitive data. More... [Dana Baggett].

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