The Internal Revenue Service is warning school business officials to beware of a phishing scam targeting schools鈥� payroll or human-resource departments in an attempt to have them release employees鈥� confidential information, according to the Association of School Business Officials International.
The association alerted members to the scam in a notice on its website. John Musso, ASBO鈥檚 executive director, said that he could not identify districts that have been targeted, but noted that it must be 鈥渕ore than a handful鈥� to come to the attention of the IRS and for the federal agency to contact his group.
The IRS reports the scam relies on a phishing email 鈥渢hat uses a corporate officer鈥檚 name to request employees鈥� Forms W-2 from company payroll or human-resources departments,鈥� according to ASBO.
