{"id":3849,"date":"2010-08-27T12:36:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2010-08-27T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T16:36:08","slug":"question-of-the-week-is-there-a-problem-with-my-eftps-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/2010\/08\/question-of-the-week-is-there-a-problem-with-my-eftps-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Week: Is There a Problem with My EFTPS Payment?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Question of the Week<\/div>\r\n<\/div>This week\u2019s question comes from Ben, a business owner. We received an e-mail from EFTPS<\/a> stating that my federal tax payment had been rejected. Is there a problem with my EFTPS<\/a> payment? Answer: On August 20, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)<\/a> issued a Problem Alert<\/a> regarding this EFTPS<\/a> scam.<\/p>\n

Text of IRS Problem Alert<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a fraud risk you need to be aware of. It is related to the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The IRS<\/a> recently became aware of a fraudulent scheme targeting EFTPS<\/a> users, the scheme uses an e-mail that claims your tax payment was rejected and directs you to a website for additional information. The website contains malware that will attempt to infect your computer.<\/p>\n

If you receive a message claiming to be from the IRS<\/a> or EFTPS<\/a>, please:<\/p>\n

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  1. Do not reply to the sender, access links on the site or submit any information to them.<\/li>\n
  2. Forward the message immediately to us at phishing@irs.gov.<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. How to report and identify<\/strong><\/a> phishing, e-mail scams and bogus IRS<\/a> websites.<\/li>\n
  4. If you receive a suspicious e-mail or discover a website posing as the IRS<\/a>, please forward the e-mail or URL information to the IRS<\/a> at phishing@irs.gov<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. EFTPS<\/strong><\/a> is a tax payment system provided free by the US Department of Treasury. Pay federal taxes electronically via the Internet or phone 24\/7. Visit EFTPS<\/a> to enroll.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    IRS and EFTPS Do NOT Send Unsolicited E-mails or Request Personal Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Neither the IRS<\/a> nor EFTPS<\/a> sends unsolicited e-mails nor do they request personal or financial information in e-mails.<\/p>\n

    Stay Vigilant Against Attacks Aimed at Stealing Your Personal Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Although no system is foolproof in preventing identity theft, Vision Payroll<\/a> recommends vigilance in dealing with personal information, combined with a service such as LifeLock\u00ae<\/a> to help detect certain types of identity theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Question of the Week This week\u2019s question comes from Ben, a business owner. We received an e-mail from EFTPS stating that my federal tax payment had been rejected. Is there a problem with my EFTPS payment? Answer: On August 20, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a Problem Alert regarding this EFTPS scam. Text […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[20,354,321,278,712,44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3853,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849\/revisions\/3853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}