Email Scam Mimics Executives in Fleecing W-2 Forms

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Email Scam Mimics Executives in Fleecing W-2 Forms

As part of its “Don’t Take the Bait” campaign, the IRS is warning tax professionals of emails that target employees’ W-2 forms, following a fourfold increase in such cases during the 2017 filing season. The scam, called business email compromise (BEC), “is one of the most dangerous phishing email schemes trending nationwide from a tax administration perspective,”…

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