DON'T FALL FOR THIS! PHONY IRS REFUND EMAIL
Below is a sample of someone's online scam that I received today.
I KNOW that is not office IRS correspondence because:
1. The IRS is not going to contact me via email.
2. The return address (see From: below) is not the an IRS address.
Notice that it doesn't have the .gov extension that government agencies
typically have.
If you receive this message or something similar, don't click on any of the
links or buttons. Just delete it.
Note, I deleted the actual links contained in the body of the email.
-----Original Message-----
From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto: info @ regard-irs.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: Tax refund - Online form
Importance: High
[DELETED]
A Secure Way to Receive Your Tax Return
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have
determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $620.50.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-9 days in order to
process it.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
To access the form for your tax refund, please click here [DELETED]
Note: For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and
time.
Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated.
Regards,
Internal Revenue Service
Copyright 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.
I KNOW that is not office IRS correspondence because:
1. The IRS is not going to contact me via email.
2. The return address (see From: below) is not the an IRS address.
Notice that it doesn't have the .gov extension that government agencies
typically have.
If you receive this message or something similar, don't click on any of the
links or buttons. Just delete it.
Note, I deleted the actual links contained in the body of the email.
-----Original Message-----
From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto: info @ regard-irs.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: Tax refund - Online form
Importance: High
[DELETED]
A Secure Way to Receive Your Tax Return
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have
determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $620.50.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-9 days in order to
process it.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
To access the form for your tax refund, please click here [DELETED]
Note: For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and
time.
Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated.
Regards,
Internal Revenue Service
Copyright 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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