phony IRS emails Archives - Federal Direct Tax https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tag/phony-irs-emails/ Helping Individuals & Businesses Enter The Tax Preparation Industry Thu, 11 Nov 2021 02:37:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Alert of New Email Phishing Scam: “Update your IRS e-file” https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/alert-of-new-email-phishing-scam-update-your-irs-e-file/ Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:30:41 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=1608 The IRS has been alerted to a new email phishing scam. The emails appear to be from the IRS and include a link to a bogus web site intended to mirror the official IRS web site. These emails contain the direction “you are to update your IRS e-file immediately.”  The emails mention USA.gov and IRSgov, […]

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]]> Fake IRS Emails, Calls, Letters More Prevalent. https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/fake-irs-emails-calls-letters-more-prevalent/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:45:54 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=1331 There is nothing more financially terrifying than getting a letter from the IRS.  Pranksters have long been able to superimpose the IRS’s logo onto a letterhead and mail it off for laughs, but now, these pranksters have grown up into identity thieving crooks using more than a letterhead. Identity thieves have an arsenal of weapons […]

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