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Phishing at the IRS -- Again

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The IRS says be on the lookout for more of those scam e-mails designed to get people to divulge personal information. Apparently, there's been an increase in them over the past few weeks, with 1,300 forwarded to the agency in June. So again, if you get an e-mail from the IRS saying you're eligible for an unexpected refund, yes, it's too good to be true.

 

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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