IRS Warns Tax Preparers about E-services Phishing Scam

Posted by Kim Chen on December 15th, 2015

According to the IRS, an email is being sent to tax preparers asking them to update their e-Services information. This email was not generated by e-Services. The link provided in the email to access e-Services appears to be a phishing scam to capture e-Services usernames and passwords. Additionally, some tax preparers have received scam telephone calls, again attempting to capture e-Services usernames and passwords. Tax preparers who receive an email like this, should not click on the link and ignore the phone calls. Preparers who mistakenly clicked on the link should call the IRS e-help Desk using this toll free number for help, otherwise there is no need to call the IRS. QuickAlerts—11/23/15 and 11/25/15.

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