Beware of that 1099

If you read through daily mail carefully, you probably found out that you (could be named) a winner in the great sweepstakes, or the vacation of the lifetime can be yours, if you just call right away. According to Washington Post article, there’s a new scam circulating around:

Marketing pitches masquerading as the 1099 forms detailing non-payroll income have been arriving in taxpayer mailboxes, while e-mails that appear to be from the Internal Revenue Service are really identity theft scams designed to collect personal financial information.

Posted Saturday, February 25th, 2006 under Money, News.