« Does the IRS have your correct address?? | Main | How to Receive Your Economic Stimulus Rebate-Filing Requirements »
Online Tax Scams-Don’t Fall for This One!!
By Larry Weinstein, CPA | February 22, 2008
There are many scam artists that are sending out emails pretending to be from the IRS that say based upon your last year return, you have a refund due. Please click here…..
The IRS will never contact you via email in this manner.
These folks are doing what is known as "phishing" (fishing for any personal information that you can be tricked into giving them). Don’t respond to these emails…Don’t even open them up….
Here is an example, I received today…..If you run your cursor over the hot-link, you can see that the link is not to the IRS at all, but to some other website.
Be Careful!!! It is a rough, cruel world out there!!!
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that
you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $480.23.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 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.
Topics: Tax Scams |