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Internal Revenue Service, IRS

Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) notifying you of a tax refund appears to be a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact Internal Revenue Service (IRS) directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact Internal Revenue Service (IRS) immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many email solicitations that appear to be phishing emails are set forth throughout this website and below:

Internal Revenue Service, IRS

From:	"Internal Revenue Service" <admin@irs.gov>
To:
Subject:	IRS Notification - Please Read This .
Date:	Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:16:38 -0600

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $63.80. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it.