This tax season, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants you to know that they will not initiate taxpayer communications through email.
If you receive an email claiming to be from the IRS that requests personal information, do not reply, open any attachments, or click on any links. Forward the email to phishing@irs.gov and then delete the email.
All unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS should be reported to phishing@irs.gov.
For more information about protecting your information, visit the IRS’ website at http://www.irs.gov/privacy/article/0,,id=179820,00.html.