IRS Wants to Know About Fake Emails Using IRS Name

IRS Wants to Know About Fake Emails Using IRS Name

Obviously, you use the Internet or you wouldnt be reading this article. Since you use the web, you know about phishing scams or should. Some scams are now using fake IRS identification.

IRS Wants to Know About Fake Emails Using IRS Name

The IRS has sent out numerous press releases and warning about phishing scams involving tax and IRS logos and fake sites. Now the IRS wants to have a go at hunting down the scam artists. Obviously, it can only do this if it sees the fake emails being sent out. If you receive one of these email messages, the IRS is asking that you forward it to [email protected].

The IRS does not send unsolicited emails to taxpayers. Indeed, the IRS doesnt even know your email address, so how could it? When you receive email messages from something @irs.gov, it is a scam trying to fleece your private information in one form or another. Do not respond to these email messages. Instead, forward them to the IRS at the email address provided above.

An example of a fishing email using the IRS identity might read something like:

[IRS logo or fake link to IRS web site in...