Report to H&R Block

• Emails and texts claiming to be the IRS or a tax preparer
• Fake IRS letters and phone calls demanding payment
• W-2 phishing aimed at payroll and HR
• Fraudulent tax returns filed in your name

1. 1

   Forward the email as is to phishing@irs.gov

   Do not click links, open attachments or reply. Forward it unchanged, then delete it.

2. 2

   Call TIGTA about a phone scam

   The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration takes these on 1-800-366-4484, and there is an online report route too.

3. 3

   Check how the contact arrived

   The IRS does not initiate contact or request personal information by fax, email, text or social media. A first contact through any of those is fake.

4. 4

   File Form 14039 if a return was filed in your name

   That is the identity theft affidavit, and it is the route when someone has already claimed your refund.

• The email, forwarded unchanged
• The phone number that called you
• Any notice or letter you received

phishing@irs.gov is intake. A fraudulent return in your name is a longer process that runs through Form 14039 and the IRS identity theft unit.