Category: Phishing

Telephone phishing targets TurboTax users

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On Friday, September 3, Orange County PC User Group (ORCOPUG) member “L” took a phone call from a male who said he was from Intuit’s TurboTax. He asked if he had received an email from them concerning an error that affected 2008 and 2009 returns.

Allegedly, the errors produced an erroneous calculation for pensions, Medicare deductions, Social Security, etc. The caller offered to access L’s computer remotely and fix the problem. Yeah, right.

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