The current spam trends we are seeing are refund announcments from the IRS. This an old trick with a new face put on it. The idea is to fill out a form to claim your IRS tax refund, which is not remotely the case. There is never going to be any type of communication from the IRS in regards to your refund or the amount of money you owe.

The other growing trend in spam as of late is social media site phishing scams. Facebook being the largest and most visable target is the most frequently spammed in recent weeks, with requests for password resets and other a-typical notifications coming to your inbox. Facebook never emails users to provide thier username and password for security audits. As always, the best way to be sure is to hover your mouse over the link and if it doesnt start “http://www.facebook.com/” – its probably fake. When in doubt, delete it!

Like most government agencies, the CDC will not email you directly. I’m sure if they ever did have a need, it would be dire and we’d have all heard about it on the media streams before we heard it via email. That being said, there is no registration form for H1N1 shots. Not only is H1N1 season waning, the supplies of vaccines are more abundant then before, so lists to sign up are not needed.  This is a new spam that seems to have surfaced today and has begun clogging inboxes. Ignore it, delete it, create a filter to remove it.

Also we have intermittantly been recieving an email that slips the filters from Ally Bank and GMAC bank, these two are spam – so delete away!

As always, any questions, sugguestions or comments let us know!