The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for a new scam mailing that tries to mislead people into believing they are owed a refund.
The new scheme involves a mailing coming in a cardboard envelope from a delivery service. The enclosed letter includes the IRS masthead and wording that the notice is “in relation to your unclaimed refund.”
From the IRS:
Like many scams, the letter includes contact information and a phone number that do not belong to the IRS. But it also seeks a variety of sensitive personal information from taxpayers – including detailed pictures of driver’s licenses – that can be used to by identity thieves to try obtaining a tax refund and other sensitive financial information.
The IRS never initiates contact with taxpayers by email, text or social media regarding a bill or tax refund.
Watch out for a new delivery service scam that may try to trick you into sending photos and your bank account information to identity thieves. Read more from the #IRS for your #TaxSecurity: https://t.co/4v7NdCMmCI pic.twitter.com/MFfozWIiAM
— IRSnews (@IRSnews) July 19, 2023
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