That E-Mail Is Not From the IRS
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This seems like an annual warning. It is becoming a tax season tradition. Hackers send out email hoping to phish for and steal tax payers’ identities. The IRS is not sending you email:
“…E-mails on legitimate-looking IRS letterhead claiming the recipient is owed $134.80 are popping up in people’s inboxes. To collect, they ask you to fill out a form with your Social Security number, credit card number and PIN code, and your phone number, address and e-mail.
“We would never send you an e-mail for any reason,” said Stewart, who works in the agency’s Philadelphia office. “It’s just not a secure way of sending information.”"
link: Be wary of IRS e-mails offering refunds
This is an identity theft ploy. Delete that email and wait for your snail mail.
Catherine Forsythe
Director of Operations
FlyingHamster: http://flyinghamster.com/
Tags: email, irs, security, phishing, identity theft, tax refund, hackers
One Comment
NewJohnny
January 31st, 2008
at 8:47pm
Thanks for the tip Catherine. I would also like to mention the IRS has never used email for communication. Ever. Neither has any branch of the government, or banks for that matter.
Our security problem stems from a simple lack of education. Banks and governments have never used email and probably never will. Why do people continue to believe they do? A nation-wide massive education campaign would stamp this out for good.