PATAX
Level 15

Client received a letter apparently from the IRS , letter number 5071C with a website address of www.idverify.irs.gov. A return was efiled about three weeks ago and she still has not received the direct deposit refund. The letter asks her to verify her identity via that web address. Her husband had died in 2021, and they had a lot taken out in fit wh on their various pensions and iras,  so she is entitled to a nice refund, so that may be why they're questioning their identity. Does this letter sound legitimate?, as this is the first one that any client got this year. Thanks a million.