It’s that time of year again… The one when the crazies come out and try to steal your personal information or infect your computer or some other such nonsense by sending fake e-mails purporting to be from the IRS. There are a bunch of these e-mails floating around right now. The most recent ones have “Notice of Underreported Income” in the subject line – I got another two just today. The e-mail might look like this:
If you see one of these in your inbox, it means nothing. Remember, the IRS will not initiate contact with you via e-mail. They will never send an e-mail asking for personal or financial information.
If you get an e-mail claiming to be from the IRS, do not reply. Don’t open any of the attachments or click on any links. If you want, you can forward the e-mail to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov. And then delete it.
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Thanks for sharing this with us. Another scheme of people who just want to steal information just to get on other peoples financial account. A lot of people are not aware of this bogus email wherein their important information can be steal just by clicking on a simple attachment or link. If you receive suspicious email such as this better not to respond or better yet report to the authority.
Good Post !
As tax season is near , con artists are back to
their fraud business . They only know how they
will fool you by sending scam emails . But
Infact IRS never sends or contact via
emails .
thanks
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