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Five weeks before taxes are due, the Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers of a scam. KSMU’s Jennifer Moore has details.
According to IRS Spokesman Michael Devine, scammers are sending mass emails using the IRS name and logo in an attempt to get personal information.
"The goal of the scam--known as phishing--is to trick you into revealing personal and financial information," Devine is quoted as saying in a press release sent Monday.
The IRS says if you receive an email from someone claiming to be the IRS, do not reply to the message and do not open any attachments because they may contain a virus. Also, do not click on any links within the email.
Furthermore, you can forward suspicious emails to a mailbox the IRS has set up for investigating these ID theft crimes. The email address to forward them to is: phishing [at] irs [dot] gov.
If the IRS genuinely needs to contact a person, it will initially do so by snail mail, not through the internet.
For KSMU News, I’m Jennifer Moore.
