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Question: Got an email from the IRS, how do I know it’s legitimate?

The email says I’m entitled to a refund and then wants me to click on this link: http://www.bertorotta.it/site/bertorotta.php

This looks like a spoofing attempt to me, does anyone know if this is really the IRS, and if it isn’t I’d like to know who I can forward this to at the IRS to let them know.
Thanks for the quick response quys:

Does anyone know who I could forward the email to at the IRS so they are aware of the spoofing attempt?

I tried searching on their site but didn’t get any good results. Not too surprised of course, giant government bureaucracies rarely make anything quick and easy.

Answer: Go to the IRS web site www.irs.gov and on the main page click the link “Warning on Scam E-Mails.”
This is from the IRS web site:

“IRS Warns Taxpayers of New E-mail Scams

Updated Sept. 19, 2007 — Another recent e-mail scam tells taxpayers that the IRS has calculated their “fiscal activity” and that they are eligible to receive a tax refund of a certain amount. Taxpayers receive a page of, or are sent to, a Web site (titled “Get Your Tax Refund!”) that copies the appearance of the genuine “Where’s My Refund?” interactive page on the genuine IRS Web site. Like the real “Where’s My Refund?” page, taxpayers are asked to enter their SSNs and filing status. However, the phony Web page asks taxpayers to enter their credit card account numbers instead of the exact amount of refund as shown on their tax return, as the real “Where’s My Refund?” page does. Moreover, the IRS does not send e-mails to taxpayers to advise them of refunds or to request financial information.”

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