Ray Calvo

Had this passed around at work.

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Special Alert to the Public
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The Department of Treasury recently received an alert from the Internal Revenue Service about a fraudulent scam being conducted via E mail that you should be on the look out for:

Some taxpayers have received an e mail from a non-IRS source indicating that the taxpayer is under audit and needs to complete a questionnaire within 48 hours to avoid The assessment of penalties and interest. The e-mail refers to an "e-audit" and references IRS form 1040. The taxpayer is asked for social security numbers, bank account numbers and other confidential information. THE IRS DOES NOT CONDUCT E-AUDITS, NOR DOES IT NOTIFY TAXPAYERS OF A PENDING AUDIT VIA E MAIL. THIS E MAIL IS NOT FROM THE IRS. Do not provide the requested information - this may be an identity-theft attempt.

If you receive an e mail of this nature - the source may be the address blesstheday.com, please contact the Internal Revenue Service office in
your area.

JC in NY

Why would the IRS use the email domain "blesstheday.com" to send official emails? I mean you have to be kinda stupid to fall for something like that, no?

993chaz

I rec'd the exact email u r talking about last week, I also found it suspicious!! I deleted it without opening, I will try to retreiev it and contact the IRS Dept. as you suggested!!

Thx for the heads up!!