The Internal Revenue Service has issued several recent consumer warnings on the fradulent use of the IRS name or logo by fraudsters trying to gain access to personal information in order to steal their identity and assets. Current phishing scams include phony e-mails which claim to come from the IRS and which lure the victims into the scam by telling them that they are due a tax refund.
If you receive an e-mail that appears to be from the IRS do not open it; instead delete the message. The IRS does not discuss tax account matters with taxpayers by e-mail.
Please take a moment to click on the link and read through the list of news releases and articles compiled by the IRS on how to help prevent and reduce the amount of phishing e-mail scams.
