BR help needed

[Palomar]

Hey guys, have any of you recieved this scam in your email before?

Taxpayer ID: xxxx.x-0000000001234US

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: xxxx.x-0000000001234US

Internal Revenue Service

It is addressed to me by my First name and my last name intial, and in sent to my work email-so I truly believe its scam and I haven't clicked on anything like it ask, was wondering if any of ya came across this??

[flechero]

It looks like they are trying to get your SS #

I'd bet that the "link below" is not really to the IRS site.  

[roadwarrior]

That's not how the IRS works. Issues are always handled by

mail. More serious problems involve certified mail.

Don't open the link.  

BTW,

Over the last couple of months I've won two foreign

lotteries and someone left me a pile of dough in Africa!

Oddly, I never bought any lottery tickets and don't know

anyone in Africa.

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[done]

Scam man, there is absolutely no way for the IRS to contact you via email like that.

No reputable business will ever do that. if you ever have thoughts to whether such an email is real, whether from the IRS, a bank, etc, open your phone book, find their phone number and call them directly.

I will also reiterate, if they call you, refuse to talk to them, once again, hang up, look up their number and call them directly. I have had guys call me try to pretend to be my bank, insurance company, and even the IRS. The insurance one was almost comical as they could barely speak clear english and they did not even block their number on my caller ID (the police went to chat with them after that call).

Don't even click the link, a lot of those sites have trojans embedded in them which will attempt to infect your machine as soon as you go there.

[Siebert Outdoors]

might want to check the real IRS site and see if you can report that sender somehow.

[Lund Explorer]

Hey Palomar,

Welcome to the wonderful world of phishing!  The IRS never emails anyone, including us preparers.  

Here is the real link to the IRS website were you can report this scheme.

http://www.irs.gov/privacy/article/0,,id=179820,00.html?portlet=1

[looking4structure]

Don't give any personal information.Its a a scam or some kind of virus.

[SirSnookalot]

Scam without doubt, not all individuals have a taxpayer id, if you do,check your latest return and see if the numbers match........IRS mails only and it's a manila envelope, standard IRS info is always a white envelope. I retired my business in 2004 and I still receive mail about quarterly estimates and similar matters.

I would not hesitate to call my CPA and have him/her take care of the matter.

[Palomar]

Thanks fellas, I didn't click nothen, so I Plan on turning it over

[Sfritr]

I recieved this same thing in the mail.  Didn't do anything with it though.  i actually had forgotten about it till now.