When everyone is feeling overwhelmed by taxes and afraid of doing something wrong, that’s when the phishing, smishing, and website impersonation reaches its height.


How can we reassure and train our employees about tax-related scams?


In this episode of our Expert Insights series, we interview Susan Mackowiak, Senior Director, Program Content at Proofpoint, about resources to avoid being a victim of a tax scam.


What we talked about:

- What scammers are trying to accomplish

- How the IRS contacts you and how to contact the IRS

- An overview of the contents of Proofpoint’s Tax Awareness Kit


Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

- Tax Season Awareness Kit

- 7th Annual Report for the State of the Phish

- The IRS’s phishing reporting site


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