Got an email:
Please find the attached files for your information and immediate action.

NOTE:  Do not reply this email.  

Reply through fax number:  +1-206-339-0756 ONLY.


Thank you,

Johnson MCneil
Director of Information
Internal Revenue Service
United States Department of the Treasury.

It seems this is going on a lot. I received the same email, with a different FAX number, still in the 206 area code, but the email sent to: address is blank, so it is obvious this is F.O.S.

I checked with my accountant, and he said that the US Government and IRS does not send this stuff via email, and second to that, where would they have gotten my email address from !!

I am sure you have also received various emails from Banking institutions claiming there are issues with your account, and this crappy scam is not different....its all about identity theft as they go out on their fishing expeditions, waiting for the 1 in 50,000 that foolishly replies.

Delete this crap or forward it to the local authorities, and hopefully they an catch this SOB's and give them a good beating.

I did get the same email as VM over night and was not able to send the form via fax to 1-206-339-0756. I will stop trying. Is it scam?

I've got the same e-mail (I'm in France now) and took it seriousely and completed the form and tried to send them back via fax: after several attemps I tried to call that number and understood that there is smth wrong with it and I found your posts here.
I'm not still sure it is a scam, but I have to believe to the facts that I cannot send a fax to the number +1-206-339-0756 and cannot reply to the e-address they sent me from "UNITED STATES DEPT. OF TREASURY" <info-irs@irs.gov.org> with the subject RE: UPDATE YOUR NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX EXEMPTION and the text Please find the attached files for your information and immediate action.

NOTE: Do not reply this email.

Reply through fax number: +1-206-339-0756 ONLY.


Thank you,

Johnson MCneil
Director of Information
Internal Revenue Service
United States Department of the Treasury

I also received the same email in italy. Looks like scam to me...

We received the same email as Ken.
It is SCAM for sure.

I am in Italy and just received a similar e-mail.
I looked the e-mail headers and the sender was connected to the Nuvox South Carolina Internet provider, although the mail was sent through a Brazilian POP.

I think it should be very easy to arrest these craps...

No, see my message below

Got the same email as Ken. It must be a SCAM. The tax form I was asked to fax to that supposedly IRS number, must not be sent to the IRS.

E-mail contact received overnight wanting faxed back details
Please find the attached files for your information and immediate action.

NOTE:  Do not reply this email.  

Reply through fax number:  +1-206-339-0756 ONLY.


Thank you,

Johnson MCneil
Director of Information
Internal Revenue Service
United States Department of the Treasury

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