Most tax preparers and some taxpayers are already aware of this: the IRS does not initiate emails to taxpayers, especially to get taxpayer info. See this article in AccountingToday by Jeff Stimpson:
http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Beware-of-Bogus-IRS-E-Mails-65785-1.html?ET=webcpa:e6742:204199a:&st=email
Hopefully another phishing expedition averted.
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