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The IRS is warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for a new e-mail scam that uses the Treasury Department’s Electronic Federal Tax<\/a> Payment System as a hook to lure individuals into disclosing their personal information.<\/p>\n The system, which is used by more than six million taxpayers, allows businesses and individuals to pay all their federal taxes online or by phone.<\/p>\n The new e-mail scam looks like a page from IRS.gov, has many spelling and grammatical errors and claims to be from the “IRS Antifraud Comission” a fictitious group. The e-mail claims someone has enrolled the taxpayer’s credit card in EFTPS and has tried to pay taxes with it. The e-mail also says there have been fraud attempts involving the taxpayer’s bank account. The e-mail claims money was lost and “remaining founds,” instead of “funds,” are blocked.<\/p>\n Recipients are asked to click on a link that will help them recover their funds, but the subsequent site asks for personal information that the thieves could use to steal the taxpayer’s identity.<\/p>\n