Beware of fake IRS emails and phishing scams that attempt to steal your personal information. The IRS will never initiate contact with you via email about a tax bill, refund, or personal information. Scammers often use scare tactics, such as threatening arrest or legal action, to trick you ...
The IRS does not send text messages. If you receive a text message that claims to be from the IRS, it’s a scam. Do not reply, open any attachments, or click on any links in the message. Instead, forward the text to the IRS at 7726 and by email to phishing@irs.gov. If possible...
The zeus folks are an interesting lot to keep tabs on. I’ve been monitoring an interesting trend in these same email payloads where instead of the links taking you to a phishing site (for example) as could be expected from the social engineering hook of the spam message, they drop you ...
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Fraud, phishing and spoof (Archive) requesting Tax id number for IRS Topic Options requesting Tax id number for IRS granola Contributor Options Posted on Aug-31-2011 01:22 PM Has anyone received the following message on their Paypal "My Account" page. I received an email requesting...
Report an unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS, or an IRS-related component like the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov. The sender can add “IRS Phone Scam” to the subject line. More information:IRS Impersonation Scam ReportingConsumer AlertsReport...
Learn more at Reporting Phishing and Online Scams. The IRS does not initiate unsolicited email contact or contact by social media. An authentic CP2000 notice is used when income reported from third-party sources such as an employer does not match the income reported on the tax return. Unlike ...
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Fraud, phishing and spoof (Archive) Re: requesting Tax id number for IRS Topic Options requesting Tax id number for IRS granola Contributor Options Posted on Aug-31-2011 01:22 PM Has anyone received the following message on their Paypal "My Account" page. I received an email...