IRS e-mail

I got this from the IRS yesterday, stating that they owe me some cash. Of course I want the cash, but this just seems too good to be true. Anybody else get one of these?


Tax Notification

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
United States Department of the Treasury

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal
activity we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund of $184.80.

Please submit the tax refund request and allow us
6-9 days in order to process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying
after the deadline.

 

Question: Have you ever given the IRS your email address?

Even so, I would guess it's a fraud. I don't know that the IRS does much correspondence with email. They're pretty reliant on snail mail. If you really think it's your money, I would call.

 

The IRS sends mail, not email.

 

Yeah. That's a scam. They probably will ask for your bank number to direct deposit that baby, methinks.

 

And the routing number.

 

They'll likely ask to verify you with your social security number too. It's OK to do that.

 

In fact ... why don't you post all that here?

And what's your mother's maiden name?

 

Actually, I work for the IRS in the e-mail notification department. If you e-mail you information to that address, it'll take days for me to get it and process your payment. But if you IM me with it, I can get your money in 24 hours.

 

Yeah, they want a credit card or debit card number. That's where the money would go. I may or may not have put my e-mail address on a tax form that I returned this year. Don't really recall.