We have been seeing mass emails that have the following text:

Taxpayer ID: smith-00000124884695US

Tax Type: INCOME TAX

Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application) Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below):

Please review tax statement for taxpayer id: smith-00000124884695US

Below the text is a link to a site that begins with www.irs.gov but ends with a domain name that is not associated with the IRS. The link leads to an executable file that we are assuming is malicious.

The IRS will never send email to notify you or will it ever ask for personal information via email.

For more information regarding email and phishing scams, please see theIRS site.