Email Scam - Phishing  --phony IRS email

This one is making it's rounds again, asking recipients to download an attachment and provide
personal information. 

Please know that the IRS would never contact you via email. Here's the website to the IRS
and some of their Fact Sheets on Scams to watch out for:

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=155682,00.html

If you receive one of these emails you can forward it to the IRS at this email address:  phishing@irs.gov

Review the link above and there's lots of good information there from the IRS.

Remember to ensure your virus protection is active and performing scans. If you have not changed your email password in over a year, it would be a good idea to do so.

Use a combination of letters, numbers, symbols, upper/lower case characters.
Keep a list of passwords in a notebook do NOT save them inside your computer!