Scam email claims to be from IRS
Scam email claims to be from IRS
PERMANENT MARKERS ARE IN PLACE FOR THE UPCOMING ANNIVERRYSA OF THE RIOTS IN JULY. BRIAN: WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUSED ON TAX FILING SEASON, YOU CAN BET THAT SCAMMERS EAR FOCUSED ON IT AS WELL. I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN E-MAIL THAT I RECEIVED THROUGH MY WORK E-MAIL ADDRESS LATE LAST WEEK, CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE IRS. WHILE I DO FILE MY TAXES ONLE,IN I KNEW RIGHT AWAY THIS WAS A SCAM BECAUSE I USE AN ENTIRELY FFDIERENT E-MAIL ADDRESS TO FI.LE LET바카라 게임 웹사이트S LOOK AT THE WARNING SIGNS INHI TS E-MAIL. FIRST OF ALL, THE E-MAIL IS OMFR INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICES AT DELISH.COM, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WITH NO S AND DELISH.COM IS A FOOD WEBSITE. THE E-MAIL IS ADDRESSED TO DREA USER NO FIRST OR LAST NA.ME , WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONFIRM THAT THE CHANGES YOU MADE IS CORRECT. THE CORRECT GRAMMER WOULD BE THE CHANGES YOU MADE ARE CORRE.CT THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S ALSO A LINK TO SECURE.UNITEDSTETAS I.R.COM. THE IRS DOMAIN IS IRS.V,NDGO MY FAVORITE, A LINK TO REPTOR PHISHING AND ONLINE SCS.AM CLICKING ON ANY ONE TSEOF LINKS CAN LEAD TO NOTHING GOOD. FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANYTL THE IRS DOESN바카라 게임 웹사이트T INITIATE CONTACT , WITH TAXPAYERS BY EMA, ILTEXT MESSAGES OR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS LOOK FOR THESE WARNING SIGNS IN E-MAILS AND TEXTS AND SA
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Scam email claims to be from IRS
With a lot of people focused on tax filing season, you can bet that scammers are focused on it as well.Sister station WGAL consumer investigator Brian Roche received an email in his work account last week claiming to be from the IRS.While he does file his taxes online, he knew right away this was a scam because he uses an entirely different email address to file.Let's look at the warning signs in this e-mail:The email is from intermalrevenueservices@delish.com. The correct name is Internal Revenue Service, and delish.com is a food website.The email is addressed to "dear user" with no first or last name.One line says, "We would like you to confirm that the changes you made is correct." The proper grammar would be "the changes you made are correct."There's a link to secure.unitedstatesir.com. The IRS domain is irs.gov.There is also a link to report phishing and online scams. Clicking on any one of these links in the email can lead to nothing good.The IRS doesn't initiate contact with taxpayers by email, text messages or social media.Watch the video above for the full story.
With a lot of people focused on tax filing season, you can bet that scammers are focused on it as well.
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Sister station WGAL consumer investigator Brian Roche received an email in his work account last week claiming to be from the IRS.
While he does file his taxes online, he knew right away this was a scam because he uses an entirely different email address to file.
Let's look at the warning signs in this e-mail:
- The email is from intermalrevenueservices@delish.com. The correct name is Internal Revenue Service, and delish.com is a food website.
- The email is addressed to "dear user" with no first or last name.
- One line says, "We would like you to confirm that the changes you made is correct." The proper grammar would be "the changes you made are correct."
- There's a link to secure.unitedstatesir.com. The IRS domain is irs.gov.
- There is also a link to report phishing and online scams. Clicking on any one of these links in the email can lead to nothing good.
- The IRS doesn't initiate contact with taxpayers by email, text messages or social media.
Watch the video above for the full story.