Since the IRS does not capture your e-mail address, you can rest
assured, any e-mail from the IRS is probably a scam. Beware of these
scams, some we have listed below for your information:
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E-mails claiming to come from tax-refunds@irs.gov, admin@irs.gov
and similar variations told the recipients that they were eligible
to receive a tax refund for a given amount. It directed recipients
to claim the refund by using a link contained in the e-mail which
sent the recipient to a Web site. The site, a copy of the IRS Web
site, displayed an interactive page similar to a genuine IRS one;
however, it had been modified to ask for personal and financial
information that the genuine IRS interactive page does not require.
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A recent e-mail scam tells taxpayers that the IRS has calculated
their “fiscal activity” and that they are eligible to receive a
tax refund of a certain amount. Taxpayers receive a page of, or
are sent to, a Web site (titled “Get Your Tax Refund!”) that
copies the appearance of the genuine “Where’s My Refund?”
interactive page on the genuine IRS Web site. Like the real
“Where’s My Refund?” page, taxpayers are asked to enter their SSNs
and filing status. However, the phony Web page asks taxpayers to
enter their credit card account numbers instead of the exact
amount of refund as shown on their tax return, as the real
“Where’s My Refund?” page does.
Beware of these scams! Again, the IRS does not capture your e-mail
address. Any communication that is sent to you from the IRS is sent by
way of U.S. Postal Service.
