Police warn of e-mail scam

-- Deepa Bharath

Police are cautioning Newport Beach residents about an e-mail scam

that threatens recipients with an IRS audit and demands them to submit

personal information.

The e-mail asks the recipients to send information including Social

Security number and bank account number within 48 hours, said Newport

Beach Police Sgt. Steve Shulman.

“People need to realize that the IRS does not conduct audits over the

e-mail,” he said.

There are no known victims of the scam in Newport Beach yet, but

Shulman says there could be. Anybody who gets a similar e-mail should

save it and contact police so computer forensic experts can investigate

it, he said.