Your e-mail inbox may have a message from the “IRS” – but the real IRS claims it’s fradulent.
The IRS warns that e-mail scams are circulating again now that tax filing season has passed. You might even get a telephone call or a fax, saying the IRS requires personal financial information.
IRS spokesperson Michael Devine says the e-mails often use the IRS trademark symbol in an effort to appear legitimate. But Devine states that some scam e-mails are simple to spot because they have misspellings, use incorrect grammar or peculiar phrasing. But others are reasonably sophisticated and tough to spot.
“The IRS doesn’t send unsolicited e-mail to taxpayers anddoes not ask for private and monetary information such as PIN numbers, passwords or similar personal information for fiscal accounts,” states Devine, in a press release issued Monday by the IRS. “If the IRS has a question, the initial contact a taxpayer gets will be a letter or notice that arrives via the mail.”
Devine asserts if you receive a telephone call, fax or letter in the post from someone making a claim to be from the IRS but you suspect they aren’t staffed by the IRS, contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 to establish whether or not it is legitimate.
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