The former prime minister alleged last week the newspaper had used illegal blagging methods to access his bank account and private legal details as it researched an article about his purchase of a flat from Robert Maxwell.
In a speech in the Commons, Mr Brown even accused News International of having links to the 'criminal underworld'.
The media company emailed the ex-Labour leader with a strong denial of his claims and asked him: 'Where is your evidence for your charge that The Sunday Times paid "known criminals" to work against "completely defenceless people"?'
This prompted an angry reaction from Mr Brown, who insisted he had never made that accusation.
He said: 'An email from The Sunday Times seeks, among other things, to manufacture claims which were never made and to distort those that were. The letter is being referred to the police.
'Unsurprisingly much of the letter attempts to diminish the culpability of News International for their methods of acquiring information.'
Mr Brown had earlier complained about a story regarding his son Fraser's health that appeared in another News International publication, The Sun.
The tabloid denied claims made in other papers that it had accessed confidential medical records as a source for the article and both The Guardian and Daily Telegraph subsequently printed apologies
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