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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:50:32 -0600

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Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
United States Department of the Treasury

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have
determined that you are eligible to receive your tax return.

Due to invalid account records we were unable to credit your account.
Please submit a verified tax return request as soon as possible.

Your tax return request form is attached to this email.

After you submit the tax return request, please allow us
3 to 7 working days in order to process it.


Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

January 18th, 2012 (5:30:31 a.m.)
Document Reference: (7645274255).


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The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information

What is phishing?
Phishing is a scam typically carried out by unsolicited email and/or websites that pose as legitimate sites and lure unsuspecting victims to provide personal and financial information.
All unsolicited email claiming to be from either the IRS or any other IRS-related components such as the Office of Professional Responsibility or EFTPS, should be reported to phishing@irs.gov.

However, if you have experienced monetary losses due to an IRS-related incident please file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission through their Complaint Assistant to make that information available to investigators.

What to do if you receive a suspicious IRS-related communication
If

Then
You receive an email claiming to be from the IRS that contains a request for personal information …

Do not reply.
Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain malicious code that will infect your computer.
Do not click on any links.
If you clicked on links in a suspicious email or phishing website and entered confidential information, visit our identity protection page.
Forward the email as-is, to us at phishing@irs.gov.
After you forward the email and/or header information to us, delete the original email message you received.

You discover a website on the Internet that claims to be the IRS but you suspect it is bogus … ... send the URL of the suspicious site to phishing@irs.gov. Please add in the subject line of the email, 'Suspicious website'.
You receive a phone call or paper letter via mail from an individual claiming to be the IRS but you suspect they are not an IRS employee …
Phone call:

Ask for a call back number and employee badge number.
Contact the IRS to determine if the caller is an IRS employee with a legitimate need to contact you.
If you determine the person calling you is an IRS employee with a legitimate need to contact you, call them back.

Letter or notice via paper mail:

Contact the IRS to determine if the mail is a legitimate IRS letter.
If it is a legitimate IRS letter, reply if needed.

If caller or party that sent the paper letter is not legitimate, contact the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 1.800.366.4484.
You receive an unsolicited e-mail or fax, involving a stock or share purchase …
... and you are a U.S. citizen located in the United States or its territories or a U.S. citizen living abroad.

Complete the appropriate complaint form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward email to phishing@irs.gov.
Please add in the subject line of the email, 'Stock'.
If you are a victim of monetary or identity theft, you may submit a complaint through the FTC Complaint Assistant.

... and you are not a U.S. citizen and reside outside the United States.

Complete the appropriate complaint form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact your securities regulator and file a complaint.
Forward email to phishing@irs.gov.
Please add in the subject line of the e-mail, 'Stock'.
If you are a victim of monetary or identity theft, you may report your complaint to econsumer.gov.

You receive an unsolicited fax (such as Form W8-BEN) claiming to be from the IRS, requesting personal information …
Contact the IRS to determine if the fax is from the IRS.

If you learn the fax is not from the IRS, please send us the information via email at phishing@irs.gov. In the subject line of the email, please type the word ‘FAX’.

You have a tax-related question ... Note: Do not submit tax-related questions to phishing@irs.gov.
If you have a tax-related question, unrelated to phishing or identity theft, please contact the IRS.
How to identify phishing email scams claiming to be from the IRS and bogus IRS websites

Sample of phishing emails
First sample of an actual IRS-related phishing e-mail - PDF
Second sample of an actual IRS-related phishing e-mail - PDF
Is it a phishing website posing as the IRS? - PDF
Sample of FAX scam
Sample of recent fax scam requesting EIN - PDF
Are you a victim of Identity Theft?
Contact the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-IDTHEFT (438-4338)
Visit the IRS Identity Theft resource page

The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information.

The IRS does not ...

... request detailed personal information through email.
... send any communication requesting your PIN numbers, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts.

What to do if you receive a suspicious email message that does not claim to be from the IRS
If

Then
You receive a suspicious phishing email not claiming to be from the IRS ... Forward the email as-is to reportphishing@antiphishing.org.
You receive an email you suspect contains malicious code or a malicious attachment and you HAVE clicked on the link or downloaded the attachment … Visit OnGuardOnline.gov to learn what to do if you suspect you have malware on your computer.
You receive an email you suspect contains malicious code or a malicious attachment and you HAVE NOT clicked on the link or downloaded the attachment … Forward the email to your Internet Service Provider’s abuse department and/or to spam@uce.gov.

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