Be careful! W-2 Phishing Scam is still around.
Scammers are growing. More IRS scam emails are around this year that IRS has issued an urgent alert in February. As the filing deadline approaches, IRS has urged both Tax professionals and taxpayers to be aware of last-minute phishing scam emails trying to trick people to provide important tax information.
If you receive such W-2 scam email, please forward it to phishing@irs.gov and put “W2 Scam” in the subject line.
The scam email can be as simple as just a plain text message, and subject line can vary. Example of subjects are "W2", "Request", "Employees 2016", "Copy of W2", "inquiry", etc..just to name a few.
If you receive such scam,
DELETE it completely
Do NOT click any link in that email
Do NOT respond to it
Do NOT open any of the file attached to those emails
Please also be careful when using search engines to find technical help with taxes. Selecting the wrong tax support could lead to a loss of data or a virus in your computer.
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IRS, States and Tax Industry Warn of Last-Minute Email Scams:
https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/irs-states-and-tax-industry-warn-of-last-minute-email-scams
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