IRS Tax e-mail scam warning

If you receive an email that appears to be from the IRS and claim that there is a problem with your 2013 tax return, do not respond. It’s the latest scam surface this tax season.

A liar is sending phishing seems to be from the IRS taxpayer service rights and interests, and to remind taxpayers of e-mail has been marked as 2013 income because the document review processing errors, according to the IRS.

To solve this problem, the recipient is instructed to click on the link in the email, contact the IRS taxpayer service rights and interests. Links should provide information on allocated to them, or allow taxpayers to review information about the interests of taxpayers declared their income. However, the IRS reports that the link actually leads to a website, the instigation of personal information – which thieves can use to steal your identity or access your account.

Although the interests of taxpayers service is a legal entity, it does not start by e-mail, text or any social media network in contact with taxpayers – not the IRS. If you receive an email that appears to be from the IRS or the interests of taxpayers service, do not reply to it, do not click on any link in the email. Forward e-mail to the IRS at [email protected].

In the same wary of telephone fraud tax season. Crooks have been calling for people across the country claiming they owe money to the IRS and making threats, including arrest, if they do not pay, according to the IRS. Learn more about this phone scam, and steps to take to reduce your risk of fraud in the tax season.