Recently, several major news stations have reported about fictitious emails from the IRS. One of our clients received the email below along with an attachment. The attachment is a virus that attempts to locate any ESI information on the computer. The IRS has publicly announced that they never send emails regarding any investigations or questions regarding tax filings. If you receive one of these emails, DO NOT open the attachment. Do report it immediately to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov.
Visit www.irs.gov/uac/Report-Phishing for more information.
EMAIL SENT:
Dear Member
Your 2013 tax return is under investigation, attached is a copy of the report. Kindly download, read and get back to us as soon as possible
Thanks
Internal Revenue Service
915 Second Avenue, MS W180
Seattle, WA 98174-0041
(206) 220-6011
https://www.irs.gov/