With tax season approaching, the latest email scam is one that's not from the IRS... it just claims to be. What's more, it says you're being investigated for tax fraud. Not me, you insist, alas yes, the email goes on, but you can help your case by providing certain information, notably your social security number, driver's license information and bank and credit card numbers.
To provide that information, you're directed to this site: deptreas.org/irs/7634.
Only two basic things are wrong here. Firstly, US Government sites end in .gov.
And secondly, the IRS doesn't notify you by email if you're under investigation. You get an old fashioned snail mail letter "inviting" you to come see them.
If you are ever in doubt about any email, go with your gut and don't answer it. Get a phone number from the Yellow Pages... never the one listed in the suspect email... and ring to find out for yourself what's happen.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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