Recent scam email-IRS and Taxpayer Advocate

[Kimokeo]

The latest not only mentions IRS, but now includes the Taxpayer Advocate Service in the fake email.


Updated Nov. 7, 2007 — In a variation, an e-mail scam claims to come from the IRS and the Taxpayer Advocate Service (a genuine IRS program that provides an independent system to assure that unresolved tax problems are promptly and fairly handled). The e-mail says that the recipient is eligible for a tax refund and directs the recipient to click on a link that leads to a fake IRS Web site. The IRS recommends that recipients do not click on links in, or open any attachments to, e-mails they receive that are unsolicited or that come from unknown sources.

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,, ... 94,00.html