IRS 사칭 Phishing 사기 주의

 

존경하는 고객 여러분,

최근 IRS 사칭하는 Phishing 전화가 기승을 부리고 있어서 고객님들의 각별한 주의가 요망되고 있습니다. 기본적으로 IRS는 Tax issue에 대해서 전화로 먼저 연락하는 경우는 없습니다. 모든 경우 Letter를 우편으로 보내오면서 문제가 된 사안과 그에 대한 Appeal 절차 등을 상세히 설명하도록 규정되어 있습니다. 아무런 Letter를 받은 적이 없는데도 불구하고 불식간에 전화를 통해 문제를 통보하고 며칠이내로 자신들의 지시대로 하지 않으면 법적으로 큰 문제가 생길 거라는 식으로 하는 경우는 없습니다. 이점에 주의하시기 바랍니다.

특히, 최근에는 한 명의 Scammer가 IRS를 사칭한 뒤에 다양한 사유로 Jail time, driver’s license revocation, criminal case 등으로 위협적인 자세를 취해서 고객님들의 판단을 흐리게 하는 동시에 또 다른 Scammer가 Local Police or DMV를 가장해 앞에 전화한 Scammer가 한 이야기와 비슷한 이야기를 하는 경우마저 있다고 합니다. 이런 경우에 놀라지 마시고 800-829-1040으로 IRS에 전화를 해서 확인을 하시거나, 248-946-4042저희 사무실로 전화 주시기 바랍니다.

아래는 IRS에서 제공하는 Phishing 대응 방법입니다. 천천히 읽고 기본적인 사항을 반드시 숙지하시기 바랍니다.

If Then
You receive an email claiming to be from the IRS that contains a request for personal information …
  1. Do not reply.
  2. Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain malicious code that will infect your computer.
  3. Do not click on any links.
    If you clicked on links in a suspicious email or phishing website and entered confidential information, visit our identity protection page.
  4. Forward the email as-is, to us at phishing@irs.gov.
  5. After you forward the email and/or header information to us, delete the original email message you received.

Note:
Please forward the full original email to us atphishing@irs.gov. Do not forward scanned images of printed emails as that strips the email of valuable information only available in the electronic copy.
You discover a website on the Internet that claims to be the IRS but you suspect it is bogus … … send the URL of the suspicious site tophishing@irs.gov. Please add in the subject line of the email, ‘Suspicious website’.
You receive a phone call or paper letter via mail from an individual claiming to be the IRS but you suspect they are not an IRS employee … Phone call:

  1. Ask for a call back number and employee badge number.
  2. Contact the IRS to determine if the caller is an IRS employee with a legitimate need to contact you.
  3. If you determine the person calling you is an IRS employee with a legitimate need to contact you, call them back.

Letter or notice via paper mail:

  1. Contact the IRS to determine if the mail is a legitimate IRS letter.
  2. If it is a legitimate IRS letter, reply if needed.

Report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration if the caller or party that sent the paper letter is not legitimate.
You receive an unsolicited e-mail or fax, involving a stock or share purchase  … … and you are a U.S. citizen located in the United States or its territories or a U.S. citizen living abroad.

  1. Complete the appropriate complaint form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. Forward email to phishing@irs.gov.
    Please add in the subject line of the email, ‘Stock’.
  3. If you are a victim of monetary or identity theft, you may submit a complaint through the FTC Complaint Assistant.

… and you are not a U.S. citizen and reside outside the United States.

  1. Complete the appropriate complaint form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. Contact your securities regulator and file a complaint.
  3. Forward email to phishing@irs.gov.
    Please add in the subject line of the e-mail, ‘Stock’.
  4. If you are a victim of monetary or identity theft, you may report your complaint to econsumer.gov.
You receive an unsolicited fax (such as Form W8-BEN) claiming to be from the IRS, requesting personal information … Contact the IRS to determine if the fax is from the IRS.

  • If you learn the fax is not from the IRS, please send us the information via email at phishing@irs.gov. In the subject line of the email, please type the word ‘FAX’.
You receive a text message or Short Message Service (SMS) message claiming to be from the IRS …
  1. Do not reply.
  2. Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain malicious code that will infect your computer or mobile phone.
  3. Do not click on any links. If you clicked on links in a suspicious SMS and entered confidential information, visit our identity protection page.
  4. Forward the text as-is, to us at 202-552-1226.

Note: Standard text messaging rates apply.

  1. If possible, in a separate text, forward the originating number to us at 202-552-1226
  2. After you forward the text, please delete the original text.

 

고객님들의 소중한 시간과 재산 상의 피해를 방지하기 위해서 앞으로도 최선의 노력을 다하겠습니다.

감사합니다.

 

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