New e-mail scam alert

[ISUFan22]

Got this today in my business e-mail...link (which I removed) goes to a site asking for personal info, including SSN. Firefox picked it up as web forgery and displayed a warning message. Wasn't tough to figure out is was a scam, simply knowing no one would get such an e-mail and the from address was bogus.



After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity
we have determined that you are eligible to receive
a tax refund under section 501(c) (3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Tax refund value is $189.60.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days
in order to IWP the data received.
If u don't receive your refund within 9 business
days from the original IRS mailing date shown,
you can start a refund trace online.
If you distribute funds to other organization, your records must show wether
they are exempt under section 497 (c) (15). In cases where the recipient org.
is not exempt under section 497 (c) (15), you must have evidence the funds will
be used for section 497 (c) (15) purposes.

If you distribute fund to individuals, you should keep case histories showing
the recipient's name and address; the purpose of the award; the maner of
section; and the realtionship of the recipient to any of your officers, directors,
trustees, members, or major contributors.
To access the form for your tax refund, please click here

This notification has been sent by the Internal Revenue Service,
a bureau of the Department of the Treasury. Sincerely Yours,

John Stewart
Director, Exempt. Organization
Rulings and Agreements Letter
Internal Revenue Service

[CP44]

Got this today in my business e-mail...link (which I removed) goes to a site asking for personal info, including SSN. Firefox picked it up as web forgery and displayed a warning message. Wasn't tough to figure out is was a scam, simply knowing no one would get such an e-mail and the from address was bogus.



After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity
we have determined that you are eligible to receive
a tax refund under section 501(c) (3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Tax refund value is $189.60.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days
in order to IWP the data received.
If u don't receive your refund within 9 business
days from the original IRS mailing date shown,
you can start a refund trace online.
If you distribute funds to other organization, your records must show wether
they are exempt under section 497 (c) (15). In cases where the recipient org.
is not exempt under section 497 (c) (15), you must have evidence the funds will
be used for section 497 (c) (15) purposes.

If you distribute fund to individuals, you should keep case histories showing
the recipient's name and address; the purpose of the award; the maner of
section; and the realtionship of the recipient to any of your officers, directors,
trustees, members, or major contributors.
To access the form for your tax refund, please click here

This notification has been sent by the Internal Revenue Service,
a bureau of the Department of the Treasury. Sincerely Yours,

John Stewart
Director, Exempt. Organization
Rulings and Agreements Letter
Internal Revenue Service

Got it in my email at school as well.... luckily the college had sent out a warning previously... they didn't even spell whether correctly lol

[clone2011]

They also managed to say "u" instead of "you"---can I get a flag on the play?

[CP44]

wow i didnt even catch that one

[IcSyU]

Got it in my email at school as well.... luckily the college had sent out a warning previously... they didn't even spell whether correctly lol

Or relationship...

[San Francisco Cy]

Who falls for these????

[lizzie]

I also received an email like this. Not exactly the same but very similar. In the subject line they spelled urgent as urgente. That was my first clue. I received 3 over 2 days. Same amount of $189.60. From a gmail account.

[maui6651]

Who falls for these????

I read a study a few months ago of a team at a university that used a spambot of some sort to send out an e-mail to a few million people a day about a product that required a monetary buy-in. Increadibly, they got a few responses (and payments) back each day.

Lesson of the day: when you cast your net into a big enough pond, you're bound to catch a few stupid fish.

[jdoggivjc]

Who falls for these????

Apparently enough people do - if they didn't it wouldn't be worth the time or effort putting the scam out there...

[SeattleClone]

NE1 who falls 4 a scam written by a 16yo girl deserves 2 lose their money.

[Mr Janny]

yeah, there's really not any excuse for falling for this one.