IRS Support - IRS Spam/Fake Email

[RWenger]

I received an email from "IRS Support" (email address adminqopioeqryh@irssup.gov) claiming that I didn't provide everything the IRS needed in order to process my tax return. The original email is as follows:

Quote:Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Source
Important information about your tax return
We are unable to process your tax return

We recived your tax return. However, we are unable to process the return as field.
Our records indicate that the person identifiedas the primary taxpayer or spouse on the tax return did not provided all the required documents shown on the tax form. Our records are based on information received from the Social Security Administration.
Based on this information, the tax account for the individual has been locked
What you need to do
Print out the attached notification and list of missing documents, fill it in, add the documents and send the following information to the adress shown in the attached notification.
List of required documents:
1. A copy of this letter
2. Notification letter
3. A photocopy of valid U.S. Federal or State Government issued identification.
Keep this notice for your records. If you need assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

A zip file was attached. Yahoo didn't find any viruses when they scanned the file, so I downloaded it. My virus protection didn't find anything wrong, so I uploaded it to VirusTotal, which told me it was a Trojan. Avoid this email - the IRS would not use the email address "adminqopioeqryh@irssup.gov".

[townsbg]

Thanks for that.