IRS Scam Alert

[DeWayneTN]

I got an email that appeared to be from the IRS asking to include all my information to speed up my rebate check. It came from an IRS email and took me to what appeared to be the IRS website but I noticed the address was fishy. Watch out, folks - especially since so many people have questions about this. They're out in full force!

[deb]

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

Partial content of official irs link above regarding phishing and email scams:


What You Can Do to Report Phishing, E-mail Scams and Bogus IRS Web Sites

If you receive an unsolicited e-mail communication claiming to be from the IRS, please forward the original message to: phishing@irs.gov using the instructions provided below. You may not receive an individual response to your e-mail because of the volume of reports we receive each day.

* The IRS does not initiate taxpayer communications through e-mail. In addition, the IRS does not request detailed personal information through e-mail or ask taxpayers for the PIN numbers, passwords or similar secret access information for their credit card, bank or other financial accounts.
* Do not open any attachments to questionable e-mails, which may contain malicious code that will infect your computer. Please be advised that the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers via e-mails.