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Open an Attachment and Get a Tax Refund from HRMC, Phishing Scam Emails that allegedly come from the UK tax organization HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are promising recipients a tax refund if they open an attachment and provide sensitive information. In reality, it’s nothing but a clever phishing scam. Baring the subject “Tax refund notification,” the email, pro... 30 December 2011 02:30 GMT Phishers Exploit UK Tax Blunder Cybercriminals have launched phishing campaigns to try and profit from the news that up to six million people have overpaid or underpaid their taxes for the past two years in UK.It was recently uncovered that taxation blunders have lead to 1.4 million UK taxpayers paying less money in taxes and 4.3 million paying in ... 6 September 2010 02:45 GMT New IRS-Themed Scam in Circulation Security researchers warn that fake email messages purporting to be from the IRS are attempting to get receivers infected by directing them to a malicious website. This malware distribution campaign has been tracked back to the Cutwail spam botnet.This new scam has been reported by email and Web protection company MX... 10 September 2009 10:29 GMT