Going Pfishing?

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Duke2Earl
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Going Pfishing?

Post by Duke2Earl »

I received the following email today...



Notification of Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard Now,



> After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined
that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $209.30.



> A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.

Fox example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

> Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.



> To access the form for your tax refund please click the link below
http://pound.ecel.uwa.edu.au/mail/IRS.gov/Tax.html




> 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 2007, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A.

SLCKZDFTKEQFZJTQPEJJIXNLWJCHMTPVOQFZTO


Lots of crooks out there.
My choice early in life was to either be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politican. And to tell the truth there's hardly any difference.

Harry S Truman
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webhick
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Post by webhick »

I got twelve of those in the past week.

IRS, say "Hi" to Evolution with the SpamAssassin plugin.
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LPC
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Post by LPC »

The IRS regularly issues public warnings against these kinds of email. See, for example, IR 2007-109, originally issued in May but updated on 9/19/2007.
Dan Evans
Foreman of the Unified Citizens' Grand Jury for Pennsylvania
(And author of the Tax Protester FAQ: evans-legal.com/dan/tpfaq.html)
"Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Nikki

Post by Nikki »

The University of Western Australia has abeen notified that someone is running this scam from their computer lab.
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Re: Going Pfishing?

Post by Question everything »

Duke2Earl wrote:


Regards,

Internal Revenue Service

© Copyright 2007, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A.

SLCKZDFTKEQFZJTQPEJJIXNLWJCHMTPVOQFZTO


Lots of crooks out there.
Obviously a fake, everyone knows that the copyright notice should have said "Internal Revenue Service Inc, Puerto Rico".
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ArthurRubin

Post by ArthurRubin »

A notice on the IRS web site suggesting forwarding them to phishing@irs.gov, so they can take appropriate action.

I don't know if they still want them, though.
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Agent Observer

Post by Agent Observer »

I don't know if they still want them, though.
Yes, they do. New sites pop up daily.
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Duke2Earl
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Post by Duke2Earl »

I arranged for my email to be forwarded to the IRS at the same time I posted it here.
My choice early in life was to either be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politican. And to tell the truth there's hardly any difference.

Harry S Truman
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tracer
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Re: Going Pfishing?

Post by tracer »

CaptainKickback wrote:That and the rules only apply to gunsmiths living in the U.S Virgin Islands......
Really? I thought it was alcohol producers, not gunsmiths. Huh. Learn something new every day.
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