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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Scam Alert: Fake IRS e-mails

Be careful of fake IRS e-mails - there are many different schemes and you may end up with an e-mail in your inbox from a sender posing as the IRS. The fact is, the IRS never initiates taxpayer communications via e-mail.  So if it looks like the IRS has a refund for you if you just clink on a link, don't do it.  It directs you to a website for additional information. The website contains malware that will attempt to infect your computer.  If you receive a message claiming to be from the IRS, please:

Do not reply to the sender, access links on the site or submit any information to them.
You may wish to forward the message as-is immediately to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov.

Several of my frineds and clients have received these bogus e-mails, so be careful.  If you get something that you're not sure of, please feel free to call me if you want me to take a look at it.

Has anyone gotten any of these?

-Kathy

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