"These scam emails display the IRS logo and use subject lines such as "Tax Refund Payment" or "Recalculation of your tax refund payment." It asks people to click a link and provide their Social Security numbers, birthday, address, driver's license number and other personal information in order to submit a fake form to allegedly claim their refund. These scammers may also sometimes use a ".edu" email address to target college students.
"'The IRS is increasingly alarmed about honest small business owners being scammed by unscrupulous actors, and we could no longer tolerate growing evidence of questionable claims pouring in,'" says IRS commissioner Danny Werfel."
Click the website link to learn more about these scams, which have gotten so bad this year that the IRS has suspended processing certain claims.
This is just one example of the SCAM emails that are going around. One way to avoid being scammed is to key in the IRS website URL yourself. Do NOT click through on these emails!
