E-mail Scanned Tax Documents? Crazy or OK?

<p>Most schools that don't have IDOC require that the 1040, 1099s, and W-2s be sent to the financial aid office via mail, fax, or email. E-mailing scanned copies is the easiest, but man it scares me to have my personal financial information sitting in some general inbox (<a href="mailto:finaid@xyz.edu">finaid@xyz.edu</a>). What do you all think?</p>

<p>So is faxing. The safest is by Certified Mail.</p>

<p>Oh-oh, I’d better keep my fingers crossed. I already sent my revision for CSS Profile by email. I will be more cautious next time.</p>

<p>No, no, no! Never send anything with confidential information over email. Think of email as a postcard. Anyone can read it.</p>