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IRS refund scam

OldDog/NewTricks

Well-known member
Subject: Phishing alert: IRS refund scam

All,

OCIO Cyber Security division has been notified of a new phishing attempt
that purports to be from the IRS. The message indicates that the
addressee is eligible to receive a tax refund. The attached message is a
copy of the email.

Please be aware of this threat and direct any users who receive this
email to delete it immediately.

Hugh M. Woolard
Cyber Security Compliance Division
USDA\OCIO\CS\CSCD
Phone: 816-823-2751
Fax: 816-823-1418



>>Outlook Object<<
Subject:

Content-class: urn:content-classes:message
Subject: IRS Notification Tax refund (Internal Revenue Service)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:48:09 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
X-MS-Has-Attach:
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
Thread-Topic: IRS Notification Tax refund (Internal Revenue Service)
Thread-Index: AcgKg2qUOqHLh0HvSiOXi2jGy5L/0w==
From: [email protected]
Reply-to: [email protected]
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<address redacted>=20

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have =
determined that
you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $249.30.
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.

To access the form for your tax refund, please click =
<address redacted> =
here


Note: Deliberate wrong inputs will be prosecuted by law.


Regards,=20
Internal Revenue Service




=A9 Copyright 2007, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved. =
 
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