The Internal Revenue Service is issuing a warning about a new tax scam thatuses a website that mimics the IRS e-Services online registration page.
The actual IRS e-Services page offers web-based products for tax preparersand payers, not the general public. The phony web page looks almost identical tothe real one.
The IRS gets many reports of fake websites like this. Criminals use thesesites to lure people into providing personal and financial information that maybe used to steal the victim’s money or identity.
The address of the official IRS website is www.irs.gov.Don’t be misled by sites claiming to be the IRS but ending in .com, .net, .orgor other designations instead of .gov.
If you find a suspicious website that claims to be the IRS, send the site’sURL by email to phishing@irs.gov. Use thesubject line, 'Suspicious website'.
Be aware that the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email torequest personal or financial information. This includes any type of electroniccommunication, such as text messages and social media channels.
If you get an unsolicited email that appears to be from the IRS, report itby sending it to phishing@irs.gov.
The IRS has information at www.irs.govthat can help you protect yourself from tax scams of all kinds. Search the siteusing the term “phishing.”
Links:
- Suspicious e-Mails and Identity Theft
- Reporting Phishing
- Identity Theft resource page
- Publication 4523, Beware of Phishing Schemes (PDF)
- Phishing-Malware - English | Spanish | ASL
- Protect Yourself From Identity Theft - English | Spanish
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