You’re expecting a refund, you get an e-mail presumably 
from the IRS – it has their logo - that says something like, "We have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of [X] dollars. To access the form for your tax refund, please click here." Eager for the money, you enter your Social Security Number to verify your ID.
The problem is the e-mail wasn’t from the IRS.
“This is phishing,” says Gail Perry, “where an e-mail is sent to a user claiming to be from a legitimate enterprise (complete with official-looking graphics and logos) in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.”
Don’t fall for it, because the IRS doesn’t work that way.
