Monday, 25 February 2008

IRS Phishing Scam

Some clues that this is a scam:

1. I am not in the USA, never have been and am not owed any money by the IRS.
2. I'm sure the IRS would know the word was "indicted", not "indicated"
3. Why would the IRS have a link in their email to spanishmegapixel.com?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Internal Revenue Service
Date: 25 Feb 2008 22:56
Subject: Tax refund (Message ID L9275543)
To:



A Secure Way to Receive Your Tax Refund

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that
you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $873.20.
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 the form for your tax refund, please click here


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 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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