IRS impersonation schemes particularly flourish during filing season. These schemes may take place via phone, fax, Internet sites, social networking sites and particularly e-mail. The IRS does not send taxpayers unsolicited e-mails about their tax accounts.
Many impersonations are identity theft scams that try to trick victims into revealing personal and financial information that can be used to access their financial accounts.
Some impersonations may be commercial Internet sites that consumers unknowingly visit, thinking they're accessing the genuine IRS Web site, IRS.gov. However, such sites have no connection to the IRS.
For additional information see http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=217794,00.html
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