Here We Go Again: Tax Time, Tax Scams - This Call Isn't from the IRS

"Legal Thriller Author Warns: Once Tax Season is over a Deadly New Tax Scam Awaits You"
Con Man's Blog (April 7, 2008)

New, and yet not new.

I'll repeat the first two words in the post: "Stop, Think" - particularly when it's a scary, or a hopeful, message from someone who says he/she/it is from the IRS.

The post ends with good advice: try to get a phone number from the person. Don't call it. Whether you get it or not, look the IRS up in a legitimate directory, and call them yourself.