Sep 14 2009
Watchout for the Fake IRS Notice
I have gotten this letter a few times already.
First, IRS will mail you their request with the US post Office.
Second, Never, Never respond to these e-mails.
Finally, Contact the IRS and forward the message to them.
http://www.irs.gov/compliance/enforcement
The letter I received:
From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto:no-reply@irs.gov]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 2:16 PM
To: XXXXX@smittysholdings.com
Subject: Notice of Underreported Income
Taxpayer ID: webmaster-00000174073547US
Tax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)
Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below):
review tax statement for taxpayer id: webmaster-00000174073547US
Link Omitted
Internal Revenue Service
September 16th, 2009 at 9:51 am
IRS Warns Taxpayers of New E-mail Scams
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=170894,00.html
Recipients of questionable e-mails claiming to come from the IRS should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the e-mails. Instead, they should forward the e-mails to phishing@irs.gov (follow the instructions).
September 17th, 2009 at 1:24 am
I have more than 100 mails stating that I have a fraud application for unreported income. E-mail comes from email address no-reply@irs.gov and it reads as follows:
Taxpayer ID: e-00000174073547US
Tax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)
Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below):
review tax statement for taxpayer id: e-00000174073547US
Internal Revenue Service
September 17th, 2009 at 10:27 am
New trick by spammers: E-mails that overwhelm filters
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
Short-lived blasts of viral e-mail are sweeping across the Internet, posing an intensified risk to e-mail users.
Last week, an e-mail message purporting to come from the IRS began swamping e-mail systems across America.
The complete story…
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-09-16-hackers-email-spam_N.htm?csp=
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
It’s great to actually be able to ignore something that is seemingly from the IRS.