Thursday, February 5, 2009

Scam- Please watch out

Important information. Please read..


Today I received the following email.



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

It did not seem right, so I checked it out. It is definately a phishing scam. DO NOT go to the "click here" sight. It could give them access to your computer and information. The IRS will NEVER contact you in this way unless it is to respond to an email question YOU initiated. The ONLY way the IRS will contact is by regular mail, and there will ALWAYS be a phone number to respond to them with any questions. They will NEVER ask you any personal information as verification. They will ask for the letter reference number only.

2 comments:

  1. very good information to know. thanks for posting

    ReplyDelete
  2. Can't trust ANYTHING in your mail these days! I always check snopes.com before forwarding these things! Thanks for posting that!

    ReplyDelete