IRS. will not contact you by mail?
By marciascott
@marciascott (25529)
United States
June 1, 2009 12:36pm CST
I got an email for the I.R.S. I know it wasn't legit because it came in Spam Email. I have never heard of I.R.S. contacting you by email, Have you? anyway I google it. And it said no It wasn't legit, another source ask a question, For a minute I thought it was real, they wanted all my Information and Bank Card number and wanted everything. They told me my refund was $869.00 and I knew that wasn't right because the only thing I was getting back was $80.00 So be ware of emails like that. irs@.gov Google that and see what you get.
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@prettygirl_80650 (306)
• United States
1 Jun 09
as a former irs employee i know for a fact that even though we live in an electronic world the irs will NOT contact you by email and vary seldom contact you by phone. They will first send out a letter to the last known address on file requesting you to contact them. Because it is a federal offence to open a letter not addressed to you (yes this goes for husband/wife and parent/children as well how ever most people dont know this) this is how they choose to contact you. Most people after receiving a letter will promptly contact the irs to rectify the problem.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
1 Jun 09
Yes, I know I meant to pt in service@irs.gov, anyway it is a Scam.
@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
1 Jun 09
The IRS has announced that they NEVER contact anyone via email. If you receive one, it is a SCAM!!! I've probably lost over $100 million from ignoring emails giving me money or willing to give me money if I give them money. I'd rather stay broke than give my money away!!!
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
2 Jun 09
Yep. I have received things like this also. I just delete it without opening it up. I heard on the news that it is a scam and the I.R.S. will never email for anything. It is better to just get rid of it.
@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
1 Jun 09
The IRS will NEVER email or call you. Never fall for those official looking emails. They are scams.
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