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CRIME PREVENTION - IRS Phishing Scam
Posted on Wednesday, November 14 @ 09:12:09 CST by mfnw |
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Last night at the Neighborhood Watch meeting a member handed me an email his wife had received from what looked to be the IRS. It was very official looking using the IRS's logo and it stated that the IRS had recalculated their last year's tax return and they now had an additional $203.59 coming to them. The email then had a link in which they were to go to in order to claim this refund. Fortunately they did not. I'm sure that this link was going to request personal information that could then be used for identity theft purposes. I contacted the IRS and was informed that they NEVER contact taxpayers via email. I've directed this member to contact the IRS with this complaint. Should you ever get emails from companies, organizations, people, etc. which appear suspicious, ask for personal info, state you have won something, claim that's there's been some sort of error in your account, etc., please do not respond or reply to them. This is a common ploy of thieves on the internet in an attempt to get your $$$$.
If you would like additional information on Identity Theft and other popular scams, check out or web site at www.fallspolice.org.
As always, pass this on to anyone you know and if you have any questions I can be reached at 262-532-8723.
Officer Jim Kirchberger
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