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Phishing for W2

Posted by on November 9, 2009 Comments Off

Always read emails carefully, especially the stuff you cannot see. Emails are going around trying to get you to update your IRS W2 form. We received one here, but if you look closely it is from irs.com as opposed to irs.gov.

From: Internal Revenue Service < update@irs.com >
Date: November 9, 2009 6:16:29 AM EST
To: removed...
Subject: W-2 Form update

 Important changes within the IRS Employers W-2 forms.
 Attached is a updated version of the W-2 form that needs to be completed by all US based employers.
 Please update your records and make sure the W-2 form will updated before December 1 2009.
 Whether you rely on a tax professional or handle your own taxes,
 the IRS offers you convenient programs to make filing and payment easier.
 Spend less time and worry on taxes and more time running your business.
 Use e-file and the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) to your benefit.
 . For e-file, visit www.irs.gov for additional information.
 . For EFTPS, visit www.eftps.gov or call EFTPS Customer Service at 1-800-555-4477.

Here is another post on this subject.

PSA: Cell Phone Safety Tip 1

Posted by on July 26, 2008 Comments Off

Leather covers will protect your cell phone from a variety of damaging circumstances. They will do absolutely nothing if you happen to leave the phone on top of your car. It will do even less to protect your phone if you leave it on someone else’s car.

FAIL

edit: Someone else, left their phone on my roof. At approximately 50mph, my car’s gravitational field altered so as to repel said cell phone off the roof and into the highway traffic behind me.