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It takes a fool to be tricked by this old scam and for such a tiny bit of money.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
United States Department of the Treasury

Dear Applicant,

After the last calculations of your annual fiscal
activity we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund (Stimulus Payment) of $620.50.

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 use the following link:

Edited By Author

Applicant ID: (0x7C.0xA.0x7F.0xA4).

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

Forward this email to the Internal Revenue Service.   This is from IRS

How to report phishing, e-mail scams and bogus IRS Web sites
If you receive an e-mail or find a Web site you think is pretending to be the IRS,

*   Forward the e-mail or Web site URL to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov.
*   You can forward the message as received or provide the Internet header of the e-mail. The Internet header has additional information to help us locate the sender.
*   After you forward the e-mail or header information to us, delete the message.

Written by Scam Busters

September 16, 2008 at 2:33 pm

Internal Revenue Service

leave a comment »

It takes a fool to be tricked by this old scam and for such a tiny bit of money.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
United States Department of the Treasury

Dear Applicant,

After the last calculations of your annual fiscal
activity we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund (Stimulus Payment) of $620.50.

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 use the following link:

Edited By Author

Applicant ID: (0x7C.0xA.0x7F.0xA4).

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

Forward this email to the Internal Revenue Service.   This is from IRS

How to report phishing, e-mail scams and bogus IRS Web sites
If you receive an e-mail or find a Web site you think is pretending to be the IRS,

*   Forward the e-mail or Web site URL to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov.
*   You can forward the message as received or provide the Internet header of the e-mail. The Internet header has additional information to help us locate the sender.
*   After you forward the e-mail or header information to us, delete the message.

Written by Scam Busters

September 16, 2008 at 2:33 pm