![]() ![]() And remember that the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers via email. If your income is $57,000 or less, you can file your taxes online for free using IRS’ Free File software, available at no charge here. Also, avoid using debit cards for online purchases. Search for any of the titles listed at the cached version of Blvdsoftware’s site and you will probably discover that after the first page of results the vendors start to look pretty sketchy. ![]() If you’re in the market for tax software downloads, save yourself the worry and hassle, and stick to known and trusted outlets online. But fail to do due diligence on a bargain site that sells tax return software and you could be handing your identity and computer over to cyber thieves. ![]() The errant buy was doubly insulting because Henry bought the software using a prepaid debit card, and now finds himself unable to dispute the charge.īuying software from random sites or companies you know nothing about and haven’t researched is a bad idea all around. Now he’s wondering if the program was - at the very least pirated - and at worst - bundled with software designed to surreptitiously snoop on his computer. For one thing, he never received a license key from Blvdsoftware, and the program he installed didn’t request one. He installed the program, but said he didn’t enter any of his sensitive data. “I was going to download from Amazon - they sell a download-only version - and then I saw the cheaper site and went with them,” he said in an email. But this year, he opted for digital download. Henry said that in years past, he’d always bought a CD version of the software. The site said that Blvdsoftware was a company in Beverly Hills, Calif., but the California Secretary of State had no record of the firm, and Google Maps knew nothing of the business at its stated address. claimed it had been in business since 2005, but a check of the site’s WHOIS registration records showed it was created in late October 2011. Several red flags should have stopped him from making the purchase. But when it came time to install the software, Henry began to have misgivings about the purchase, and reached out to KrebsOnSecurity for a gut-check on whether trusting the software with his tax information was a wise move.įive days after Henry purchased the product, vanished from the Internet. ![]() His search ended at, which advertised a great price and an instant download. Scott Henry scoured the Web for a good deal on buying tax preparation software. ![]()
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