IRS Tax Refund Phishing Scams

PLEASE NOTE: Neither the IRS nor United States Department of the Treasury is responsible for these e-mail scams. Organisations and individuals pretending to be the IRS initiate them. The IRS will never send e-mails like these to any member of the public.

Date: 24 October 2007
From: "Internal Revenue Service" <refunds@irs.gov>
Subject: Notice from IRS

Internal Revenue Service

Internal Revenue Service Department Notice
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that
you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $268.32.

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.

http://www.irs.gov/small/businesses/international/refunds/pass.php?cmd=apply_refund

Please Note:
If we do no receive the appropriate records within 48 hours, then we will assume this email is invalid and the refund will be suspended.

We appreciate your support and understanding and thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Regards,

Internal Revenue Service Department

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

Internal Revenue

Date: 23 August 2007
From: "Internal Revenue Service" <notice@irs.com>
Subject: Notice from IRS

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we
have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund
of 109.30 .Please submit the tax refund request and allow
us 6-9 days in order to process it.

You can apply for your refund online here.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example
submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
Please be carefull when entering your data.

There is one common thing you find among most scammers, their e-mails make no sense. According to this e-mail, you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 109.30 (109.30 what, peanuts, apples...?), but you still have to apply for a refund. If they have all the information at hand, why do you need to apply for a refund that has already been calculated? And from where did they suddenly obtain the information to calculate your so-called refund? Just by using common sense you can tell that this e-mail is a fraud, especially if you haven't yet submitted your annual tax return.

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