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Notification of Tax Refund on your VISA or
MasterCard Now

Internal Revenue Service


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 2nd December 2007 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Notification of Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard Now
Apparent Sender:
 Internal Revenue Service Whats this?
Return Address:
 < refund@irs.gov > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://host217-36-235-101.in-addr.btopenworld. com:84/IRS.gov/refunds.php Whats this?
Location:
 UK Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-6077
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Internal Revenue Service by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • Internal Revenue Service never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The spoof website this email links to was not online at time of this report, but variations of the scam which link to working websites are bound to exist, so be wary! The website may have been taken down or disabled by the hosts, but quite often these websites are hosted on the personal computer of the phishers, so may only be online at certain times.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual Internal Revenue Service URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"> To access the form for your tax refund please copy/paste the link below in your browser (or click the link below)"

> Notification of Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard Now,

> After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $329.30.

>A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.

Fox example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

> Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

> To access the form for your tax refund please copy/paste the link below in your browser (or click the link below)

http://host217-36-235-101.in-addr. btopenworld.com:84/IRS.gov/ refunds.php

> 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 2007, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A.
 
Website:    
 
Spoof website not online at time of report...

 
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