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New IRS-Themed spam mail leads to malware

Tax-Themed email spam campaign is not new one- Spammers keep using this trick as it is very effective method for duping the unwary into infection.

The spam mail with the subject "Rejection of Your Tax appeal" that claim to coming from the IRS has been intercepted by Sophos Security researchers.

The Spam Mail:
Dear Business owner,
Hereby you are notified that your Income Tax Refund Appeal id#6636527 has been DECLINED. If you believe the IRS did not properly estimate your case due to a misunderstanding of the facts, be prepared to provide additional information. You can obtain the rejection details and re-submit your appeal by using the instructions in the attachment.

Internal Revenue Service

The words used subject lines may vary but no difference in theme, the subject line including 'Rejection of your tax appeal','Your tax return appeal is declined' and 'IRS notification of your tax appeal status'.

The spam mail has an HTML attachment file.Of course, it is malware,Sophos security product identified it as Mal/IFrame-AE.

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