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Heres everything you oughta know about this new QuickBooks phishing scam and how to avoid falling victim to it.

In this case, carefully inspecting the phishing sites URL is the easiest way to know something is off.

A man filing his taxes electronically on a laptop

Not only is it different from QuickBooks official website (https://quickbooks.intuit[.

]com), but the products name isnt even correct.

While the phishing site discovered by Malwarebytes was hosted at “quicckboorks-accounting[.

Google search open on laptop

Now that hackers haveweaponized Google Ads, you want to avoid clicking on ads in search results completely.

However, confirm that you scroll down the page a bit to avoid any ads when doing so.

Since anyone can buy ad space online, so too can hackers.

A screenshot showing a malicious ad and fake site used in a QuickBooks tax scam

Tax season is stressful enough, so youre going to want to prepare accordingly and start the process early.

A shocked couple realizing they’ve been scammed

A hacker typing quickly on a keyboard

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A woman�s hands holding a smartphone with a lock symbol on it, in front of a laptop that also has a lock symbol on it.

An open lock depicting a data breach

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