Alert of phony IRS phishing scam
Most likely the IRS will not communicate with you by email. Therefore, if you receive an email from the IRS it might not be legitimate. The following message is a phony IRS phishing scam. If you receive a message (as shown below); please do not respond and just delete the message. Thank you.
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From: Miriam Solis [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:10 PM
Subject: Change of your EIN is required
To the ATTENTION of: Accounting Department
Dear Sirs,
please be informed that your company is required to get a new EIN for security reasons related to the risk of fraud. We are sorry for causing you any possible troubles by this measure.
For detailed instructions please use the link below:
Yours sincerely,
Miriam Solis
Office of Professional Responsibility
Internal Revenue Service