If you have an email account, and who doesn't, you are use to receiving scam emails. Well, here is one using the IRS name to watch out for over the next few months.
Latest Email Scam Using IRS Name
No matter how hot it is outside, nothing sends a chill down a person's back like the prospect of receiving a notice from the IRS. In truth, most of the notices these days are fairly bland, either an indication you owe a bit more in tax or are due a refund that you otherwise were unaware of. Regardless, most people will open such notices because nobody wants to blow off the IRS. That can only lead to trouble down the line.
Email scam artist focus their efforts on trying to get gullible people to respond to their various nefarious efforts. Obviously, they have realized that most people are sensitive to communications from the IRS. In email terms, this means people will more likely than not open the emails to at least read them. In a number of instances, unwise individuals will actually respond to the alleged IRS communication. Given this scenario, it is surprising that there aren't more scam emails coming out using the IRS name.
The latest scam going around involves the electronic tax payment system. The system was setup by the IRS to allow people to pay taxes online, which is convenient. Frankly, it has been a smashing success. Alas, the scammers have figured out a way to use it to their benefit.
The scam works like this. You get an email from the "Antifraud" division of the IRS. The email states that someone has tried to you a tax number assigned to you and deposited cash in the account. The IRS has then frozen the money, but you can get it back by clicking on the provided link. The page that pops up then asks you to verify your identity by providing a lot of sensitive personal information the scammer can use to steal your identity. Yes, we are talking identity theft here.
If you know anything about the IRS, the scam is a bit ambitious. First, there is no "Antifraud" division at the IRS. Second, the IRS never sends email to taxpayers, not even during an audit. NEVER! Third, why would someone steal a tax identification number and then deposit money to the IRS using it? Criminals are stupid, but come on!
Here is the simple rule you should keep in mind to avoid this and all other scam emails using the IRS name. They are ALL frauds. The IRS never sends email to taxpayers. Let me repeat that. The IRS never sends email to taxpayers. Anything you receive in your inbox that purports to be from the IRS is not legitimate. Learn it, live it, love it!
Richard A. Chapo is with BusinessTaxRecovery.com - providing information on taxes.


Why Start a Home Business - Hints Tips and Ideas...
Working from home is a dream for many – but actually going ahead and starting a home business is very difficult. So what makes so many people want to do it, and why would you ever try such a crazy thing? Here are some common reasons, and some things to consider.
You Can Build Your Great Idea.
It suddenly hit you like a bolt of lightning: you've thought of a great business idea. This is perhaps the number one reason that people go into business from home: they've come up with something great that they really believe in, but can't afford to rent any business premises. It does depend on what the business is, but working from home is often ideal in these situations.
Remember, though, that even the best ideas take hard work to become a reality. The kind of ideas that are good for a home-based business are ones that can become at least partly real quickly, and start bringing in an income – you shouldn't sit at home for a year working on something that's making you nothing whatsoever.
You Can Make Your Hobby a Job.
Most people have something that they're really passionate about, and would spend the rest of their life doing if they could, just for the enjoyment of it. Getting paid for doing what you love is obviously appealing – even if you only earn a living wage, it'd be your idea of paradise.
Make sure, though, that you'd be able to take it if you had to make a living from your passion. It's the things we're closest to that hurt us the most – think of how you might feel if no-one buys what you've made, or if they send it back and with a note saying "what rubbish, I demand a refund!" Can you cope with your hobby becoming commercial?
You're Tired of Your Boss.
It seems like everyone hates their boss. They try to pretend like they're your friend, but they're not fooling anyone, are they? You're forced to work to pointless deadlines and targets. Anytime you spot a better way of doing something you're told that it's impractical, or, worse, that it's great but the stupid way of doing things is already 'established' and 'policy'.
What you might not realise is that 'being your own boss' requires quite a lot of willpower. If there was no-one to make you get up in the morning and do any work, would you? Your home is supposed to be a place of rest and entertainment – and when it's full of the equipment and temptation to do anything but work, working there can be hard.
You Want to Spend More Time with Your Family.
You feel like all you do is go to work, come home, and then sit around, too tired to do anything fun with your family. If you have children, they seem to be growing up so fast, and you're missing it all – all because you have to go out and work.
Of course, the flipside here is that you might just end up spending too much time with your family, while you're trying to work. When everyone knows you'll be in the house all day, they'll probably ask you to do all sorts of unimportant things, just because you're available. It's hard to say no, and before you know it, you're doing the job of a full-time 'housewife' instead of what you set out to do.
You Don't Like Wasting Time and Money Commuting.
After all, once you get to the office, what is there anyway? Offices are dreary environments, and terrible to work in – travelling for hours there and back and spending a significant proportion of your wages to do it seems completely pointless (especially if you live in the middle of nowhere). If you could work from home, think of the time you'd save… and time is money, isn't it?
Don't be surprised, however, if you start to feel trapped in your home, since you never leave it. Can you find good ways to get away from it all?
But Don't Be Put Off.
While the list of warnings for working at home might look long, a list of warnings about working in an office would surely be longer. As long as you stay on your guard, you can get all the benefits of working from home without falling into any of the traps.
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The Buzz - An Amazing Concept
Imagine the traffic a website would get if it was constantly rotated to thousands of people every day for as long as the site exists! As of yet no one has managed to create an advertising method that would produce these results – or have they? In fact an Australian Internet marketer, Anthony Feint has recently created a truly "Amazing" advertising concept.
Before I go into explaining this "Amazing" new idea let me also mention that this concept will not only be an extremely effective form of advertising but a very smart and profitable investment.
Introducing The Amazing List (www.theamazingadvert.com). The Amazing List will be a list of 1095 websites. The list will then be rotated and promoted by affiliates. So what is so special? Well once you have bought a spot on the list you can either keep your spot forever or sell it down the track.
The trick with this concept is to get in early. Currently the price to buy a space in the list is $100 but this price is continuing to rise. Some Internet marketers have tipped the price to buy a space in the list could reach $25,000 or more. Therefore if you were to buy a place in the list now and sell it once the list has filled for a very healthy profit. In fact so healthy I am sure you won't find a better investment.
So why is this such a great marketing opportunity? The answer simply is the "buzz". Just like The Million Dollar Homepage (www.milliondollarhomepage.com). Feint claims the reason why so many people are viewing the Amazing List's websites is that everyone enjoys the variety and excitement if finding new websites. Internet users can currently view The Amazing List at www.theamazinglist.com
My tip for the future is that many Internet Marketers will try and cash in on the buzz. I can see info -products such as ebooks explaining how to "get your share" of the Amazing List. I also believe a few fan sites will be created to promote the List. Theses sites will be profitable for the webmaster as Anthony Feint is currently producing a Pay Per Click affiliate system where webmasters will be paid every time they send a visitor to an Amazing List website. Details on this program are currently hard to find but some forums have reported it will start when the List has 100 filled positions.

Friday, January 11, 2008