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	Beware of Fraudulent Emails Pretending to be from the IRS The Internal Revenue Service has reported that there are a series of fraudulent emails circulating to foreign nationals asking for personal information to prepare a tax refund. Please be advised that the IRS never sends emails. They should not respond to it. If the IRS has a question, they have the taxpayer’s ID number and will not ask for it – instead a letter will be sent to the person that contains the number. IF the person did not include an SSN or ITIN on the tax return, the tax return may be rejected and the IRS will ask the person to file a new return using the correct number. In no case will an email ever be sent. Likewise, we should routinely remind everyone to never send their SSN or ITIN in an email – doing so is a very big security issue. There is never a reason to put a full SSN or ITIN into an email. Everyone should be very careful to not answer emails that make such requests, regardless of who the email is from.

Beware of Fraudulent Emails Pretending to be from the IRS

The Internal Revenue Service has reported that there are a series of fraudulent emails circulating to foreign nationals asking for personal information to prepare a tax refund. Please be advised that the IRS never sends emails. They should not respond to it. If the IRS has a question, they have the taxpayer’s ID number and will not ask for it – instead a letter will be sent to the person that contains the number. IF the person did not include an SSN or ITIN on the tax return, the tax return may be rejected and the IRS will ask the person to file a new return using the correct number. In no case will an email ever be sent.

Likewise, we should routinely remind everyone to never send their SSN or ITIN in an email – doing so is a very big security issue. There is never a reason to put a full SSN or ITIN into an email. Everyone should be very careful to not answer emails that make such requests, regardless of who the email is from.