that leakedAttack.Databreachthousands of employee W-2 forms to an unknown scammer . That 's according to our news reporting partners at CBS4 Indy . Company officials called police about the leak Monday afternoon . Somebody posing asAttack.PhishingCEO Scott Wise emailedAttack.Phishinga payroll employee , asking her to send all 4,000 W-2 forms to him . The e-mail wasn ’ t really from Wise , but the employee did send all the forms , giving the scammer personal finance information for all those employees . Scotty ’ s Brewhouse executives contacted the IRS and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department about the breach . They ’ re now working to notify all their employees and give them steps to protect their financial information . IMPD and other agencies are involved in the investigation into who sentAttack.Phishingthe bogus email . This email scamAttack.Phishingmatches a phishing schemeAttack.Phishingthat prompted a warning from the IRS last year during tax season . At that time , the agency recorded a 400 percent increase in this kind of scam . The IRS has a website to use if your W-2 or other information has been leakedAttack.Databreach. Tuesday evening , Scotty 's Brewhouse issued a statement on the situation : Yesterday Scotty ’ s Holdings , LLC and its subsidiary , affiliate and managed entities were the victims of an email phishing scamAttack.Phishingthat resulted in the disclosure of 2016 W-2 information . Scotty ’ s has confirmed that no customer information was obtainedAttack.Databreachby the scammers in yesterday ’ s phishing scamAttack.Phishing. Scotty ’ s is working closely with federal and local law enforcement and the credit bureaus to limit any potential misuse of the information that was obtainedAttack.Databreachand to identify and apprehend the scammers . “ Unfortunately , Scotty ’ s was the target of and fell victim to scammers , as so many other companies have , ” said Scott Wise , CEO of Scotty ’ s Holdings , LLC . “ Scotty ’ s employees and customers are of tremendous importance to the company and Scotty ’ s regrets any inconvenience to its employees that may result from this scamming incident . Scotty ’ s will continue to work with federal and local law enforcement , the Internal Revenue Service and credit bureaus to bring the responsible party or parties to justice. ” Scotty ’ s alerted authorities immediately after it learned of the scam . A toll-free number was set up by the company to answer employee questions . The company will also make available to affected employees one year of credit monitoring at no cost to employees , in addition to providing information regarding available resources for its employees to monitor their credit .