The latest online scam is a phony email supposedly from the IRS. The subject line reads: Notice of Unreported Income.

The rest of the message looks like this:

Taxpayer ID: alisa-00000448089147US
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: alisa-00000448089147US

Internal Revenue Service

The line in blue in the email is a hyperlink to a phony website that is basically a vehicle to steal your identity.  This email has been received by –and frightened a lot of seniors. If you receive an email like this it is totally phony. do not under any circumstances click on the link in the email –just delete the entire message.

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