Get 2009 Tax Refund - $1,869‏

[RyanMcC]

From: service@irs.gov (service@irs.gov)
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Sent: Sun 6/21/09 6:23 PM
To:

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have
determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $1,869.
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 your tax refund, please click here


Best Regards,
Tax Refund Deparment
Internal Revenue Service

© Copyright 2009, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.

The link to "access your tax refund" and give the scammers your SSN and credit card number is:
http://64.150.220.16/images/pot.html

Which immediately forwards to:
http://sanfranciscodepuebloviejo.org/foro/cache/www.irs.gov/refunds.php?Where_is_my_refund&Get_Refund

[johntoh]

thanks for sharing this information as tax time is near....

[wserra]

Now, that's not so nice, johntoh. Make an innocuous post, then sneak back a week later to insert a spam link.

Please don't do that again.

[Nikki]

What is truly astonishing is how people instituting such a scam within the United States are surprised when representatives of DoJ knock on their door a day or two after the first e-mail message goes out.

Potential scammers, please note: 3-letter agencies of the US (and other) government maintain MANY sandbox e-mail accounts just to attract this type of fraud.

If the source of the fraud is within the jurisdiction of a government that cares ...