email from IRS? Is this a PHISHING email or virus packed "download" they want me to open?

ainitfunny

ainitfunny

Saved, to glorify God.
FIRST OF ALL, I don't owe the IRS anything, am not paying on anything, and the IRS does not owe me anything.
I got this suspicious email today and don't know what to do about it. It doesn't even mention WHICH bank.
CAN I JUST IGNORE IT? I thought the IRS did their legitimate business through the regular mail. I am not aware that the IRS even has my email address.

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from Jame_Gilmore@irs.gov;
[Norton Anti-Spam Federal Tax Transaction Cancelled]
[IRS LOGO HERE]

Your federal Tax transaction (ID: 325988975513), recently sent from your bank account was rejected by the your Bank.



Canceled Tax transfer
Tax Transaction ID: 325988975513
Rejection Reason See details in the report below
Tax Transaction Report tax_report_325988975513.pdf.exe (self-extracting archive, Adobe PDF)
Internal Revenue Service, Metro Plex 1, 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Landover, MD 20785
 
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summerthyme

Administrator
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SPAM. Of course you need to ignore it. For all the reasons you've already mentioned.

And for God's sake, don't click on that PDF link!!

Summerthyme
 
Wardogs

Wardogs

Deceased
Sounds like a variation of this scam:

IRS Warns Taxpayers of New E-mail Scams
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=170894,00.html

"The e-mail purporting to be from IRS Criminal Investigation falsely states that the person is under a criminal probe for submitting a false tax return to the California Franchise Tax Board. The e-mail seeks to entice people to click on a link or open an attachment to learn more information about the complaint against them. The IRS warned people that the e-mail link and attachment is a Trojan Horse that can take over the person’s computer hard drive and allow someone to have remote access to the computer."

The IRS urged people not to click the link in the e-mail or open the attachment.
Similar e-mail variations suggest a customer has filed a complaint against a company and the IRS can act as an arbitrator. The latest versions appear aimed at business taxpayers as well as individual taxpayers.

In any event the IRS consistently says the following...

"The IRS does not send out unsolicited e-mails or ask for detailed personal and financial information. Additionally, the IRS never asks people for the PIN numbers, passwords or similar secret access information for their credit card, bank or other financial accounts...

...Recipients of questionable e-mails claiming to come from the IRS should not open any attachments or click on any links contained in the e-mails. Instead, they should forward the e-mails to phishing@irs.gov (follow the instructions)".

wardogs
 
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Publius

TB Fanatic
I got one of these E-Mails and trying to figure out how to go after them my self, why should I let the government collect.
 
ainitfunny

ainitfunny

Saved, to glorify God.
ALSO, Something in the e-mail stops me from successfully forwarding it to the IRS "phishing" address.
 
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wab54

Veteran Member
A PDF file does not end in .exe. That is a phishing email. Just delete the whole email or forward it to the IRS and let them deal with it.


WAB
 
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