Security Response

During hard economic times, people look for ways to save money. Spending money on necessities such as tax preparation is no exception. Recently, spammers have been offering ways to save money on tax preparation as a means to enter a user’s inbox.
 
Below are some examples of subject lines spammers are using to lure users into opening messages:

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These messages are not just limited to taxpayers in the United States. Since spammers are part of  international underground corporations, other countries fall victim to spammers’ tactics as well. Our technicians have monitored emails directed to the people of France using the same principle. Here is an example:

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