{"id":3953,"date":"2008-01-28T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/01\/irs-e-mail-scam-warning\/"},"modified":"2008-01-28T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T12:50:00","slug":"irs-e-mail-scam-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/01\/irs-e-mail-scam-warning.html","title":{"rendered":"IRS E-Mail Scam Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div>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\u2019t 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\u2019t be taken in!\n<p>From: irs@getrefundnow.com<br>Subject: Tax Notification<br>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:52:46 -0800<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/R54V_excT4I\/AAAAAAAAAFk\/JlF6sPHw9jU\/s400\/irslogo.gif\" border=\"0\"><br>Tax Notification<\/p>\n<p>Internal Revenue Service (IRS)<br>United States Department of the Treasury<br>Date: 01\/28\/2008<\/p>\n<p>After the last annual calculations of your fiscal<br>activity we have determined that you are eligible<br>to receive a tax refund of $134.80.<\/p>\n<p>Please submit the tax refund request and allow us<br>6-9 days in order to process it.<\/p>\n<p>A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.<br>For example submitting invalid records or applying<br>after the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>To access the form for your tax refund, click here.<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<br>Internal Revenue Service<\/p>\n<p>Document Reference: (92054568). <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-7951344976354223412?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the text of an e-mail someone recently received. 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