If you receive a Notice of Unreported Income email from the IRS, beware…the note is a phishing scam.
The fake IRS message regarding income purports itself as a legitimate IRS Notice called a CP2000.
The note claims to be from no-reply@irs.gov but note that this is merely a phony email address.
The Notice of Unreported Income email looks like this:
Taxpayer ID: gortidd-00000174073547US
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):
review tax statement for taxpayer id: gortidd-00000174073547US
Disregard the notice and do NOT click on the link in the message.
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