Consumer Alerts!! Please note that the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information. This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels. If you get an unsolicited email that appears to be from the IRS, please report it by sending it to [email protected]. If you find a suspicious website that claims to be the IRS, please send the site’s URL by email to [email protected], using the subject line: suspicious website. For more information on phishing scams, please see Suspicious e-Mails and Identity Theft. March 2014 New Email Phishing Scam!! The IRS has been alerted to a new email phishing scam. The emails appear to be from the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service and include a bogus case number and the following message: “Your reported 2013 income is flagged for review due to a document processing error. Your case has been forwarded to the Taxpayer Advocate Service for resolution assistance. To avoid delays processing your 2013 filing contact the Taxpayer Advocate Service for resolution assistance.” The recipient is directed to click on links that supposedly provide information about the advocate assigned to their case or that let them review reported income. The links lead to web pages that solicit personal information. Taxpayers who get these messages should not respond to the email or click on the links. Instead, they should forward the scam emails to the IRS at [email protected]. For more information, visit the IRSs Report Phishing web page. The Taxpayer Advocate Service is a legitimate IRS organization that helps taxpayers resolve federal tax issues that have not been resolved through the normal IRS channels. The IRS, including TAS, does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email, texting or any social media.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:19:18 +0000
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