How appropriate that after yesterday’s post on e-bills I received not one – but nine – scam emails purporting to be from IRS. Apparently, those scammers are making yet another effort to cheat taxpayers, hoping for short memories. Don’t fall for it.
The subject headers all have some variation of “Your federal tax transaction” or “Rejected federal tax payment.” The emails encourage you to click on the link to find out why your payments were rejected.
As before, the link likely contains a virus that could infect your computer or direct you to a site in order to steal your identity or otherwise access your financial information. You know the drill. You can forward it to phishing@irs.gov or just hit delete.
Consider this your regular reminder that the IRS will never, ever initiate communication with you about your federal taxes via email.
