Released: November 08, 2007

Swindlers’ list: Dieters, debtors and you

Source: Michelle Singletary, Washington Post (Free Registration)

One would think that consumers would have become hip to most frauds thanks to the constant warnings by consumer groups and federal agencies.And yet, the victimization continues.

For example, the Internal Revenue Service has issued warnings over the last several months urging people to ignore bogus e-mails that, at first glance, appear to have been sent from the agency. The most recent advisory cautioned about a scam e-mail asking for charitable contributions to victims of the Southern California wildfires. The e-mail contains a link that sends recipients to a Web site that looks similar to the IRS site. The scam is set up to steal personal and financial information.

Another fraudulent e-mail told taxpayers that they were eligible to receive a tax refund.

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