More On Tax Refund Scams

A few weeks ago I mentioned email scams that were attempting to imatate the IRS in order to trick US taxpayers into turning over valuable persanol information. Well, today I actually received one of these for myself. I though that I'd share it with you so you'll know what to be on the lookout for.

The sender listed on the message was "Internal Revenue Service (IRS)." That's certainly enough to get one's attention. When I looked closer, though, that actual email address had nothing to do with the IRS.

The subject line was "Tax Refund!" An exclamation point from the IRS? There's another tipoff that this is phony.

The body of the message read as follows:

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $116.40. 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, please:
Click Here


Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Regards, Internal Revenue Service

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.



© Copyright 2007 Internal Revenue Service U.S.A.

There was only one link in the message and it was on the words "Click here." When I floated my cursor over it, the web address had nothing to do with the IRS. Clearly this was a fake.