*Scam Alert* Tax refund value is $282.70

[zwriter]

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Just received a pretty convincing email – but research proved it to be another scam – Just a heads up.
The e-mail claimed to be from the Internal Revenue Service and sought to inform recipients they were eligible for a tax refund.

"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," the e-mail said.

While the text is heavy with professional-sounding jargon, there are many errors in the e-mail that help prove it is a fraud. The biggest of all, section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code is the code reserved for nonprofit organizations.

Beware.
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[sweepyhead]

Re: Tax refund value is $282.70

I find your post impossible to read with the green around the blue text

 

[zwriter]

Re: Tax refund value is $282.70

sorry

 

[sweepyhead]

Re: Tax refund value is $282.70

sorry

Much better!

 

[amyshulk]

Re: Tax refund value is $282.70

Just received a pretty convincing email – but research proved it to be another scam – Just a heads up.
The e-mail claimed to be from the Internal Revenue Service and sought to inform recipients they were eligible for a tax refund.

"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," the e-mail said.

While the text is heavy with professional-sounding jargon, there are many errors in the e-mail that help prove it is a fraud. The biggest of all, section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code is the code reserved for nonprofit organizations.

Beware.

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TY for the heads up zwriter - silly scammers should learn how to spell!!! :laughing:

 

[3mnkids1]

Re: Tax refund value is $282.70

From the IRS website.

PLEASE NOTE: Do not respond to unsolicited e-mails that claim to come from the IRS, or any e-mail from an unknown party asking you to submit personal, tax, or financial data. The Internal Revenue Service does not use e-mail to request this type of information. Forward suspicious emails to: [email protected].

For more information contact the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 800-366-4484 or go to www.treas.gov/tigta.

Thanks for the heads up. Lots of folks dont know that the IRS does not contact you this way and may fall for it.