Below is the text of an e-mail someone recently received. It is not from the IRS, but it claims to be. It is an attempt, like all other scam e-mails, to get personal information from the gullible. Don’t fall for it. If you click the link you get sent to a page that looks pretty authentic, but a glance at the address bar will show you that it is not the IRS web site. The page even uses help links from the actual IRS site. It is a well-crafted scam, but a scam nevertheless. Don’t be taken in!
From: irs@getrefundnow.com
Subject: Tax Notification
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:52:46 -0800
Tax Notification
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
United States Department of the Treasury
Date: 01/28/2008
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal
activity we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund of $134.80.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us
6-9 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, click here.
Regards,
Internal Revenue Service
Document Reference: (92054568).
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