Economic Stimulus Refund Scam

[Ben Kenobi]

Anyone see this before?

2008 Economic Stimulus Refund

From: Internal Revenue Service (do-not-reply@irs.gov)

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Sent: May 5, 2008 4:36:23 AM

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Over 130 million Americans will receive refunds as part of President Bush program to jumpstart the economy.

Our records indicate that you are qualified to receive the 2008 Economic Stimulus Refund.

The fastest and easiest way to receive your refund is by direct deposit to your checking/savings account.

Please click on the link and fill out the form and submit before May 06th, 2008 to ensure that your refund will be processed as soon as possible.

Submitting your form on May 06th, 2008 or later means that your refund will be delayed due to the volume of requests we anticipate for the Economic Stimulus Refund.

To access Economic Stimulus Refund, please click here.

Note: If you received this message in you spam/bulk folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider. We are sorry for that inconvenience.

© Copyright 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.

[CrONoS]

Please click on the link and fill out the form and submit before May 06th, 2008 to ensure that your refund will be processed as soon as possible.

There is no link...

[Ben Kenobi]

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/economic-stimulus-refund-scam.shtml

The economic stimulus payment itself is real and many US citizens are eligible to receive it, starting in May 2008. However, according to information on the IRS website, so long as an eligible person has filed a federal tax return for 2007, he or she should automatically receive the economic stimulus payment either via direct deposit or paper check.

The IRS will certainly not inform people that they are eligible for a payment via an unsolicited email nor will it require them to fill in an online form to claim their payment.

[Ben Kenobi]

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This is the link in case you are interested.

[CrONoS]

florentb.info/stockage/templatev3/upload.php
Noob!

[CrONoS]

On a side note; Firefox 3.0b5 blocked the websites. It's the first time I receive this kind of warning.

[Aeson]

See... the economic stimulus plan is already working! It's created new economic opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs!

[Ben Kenobi]

You actually think I clicked on that link?

I'm not clicking on any link like that!

[Tuberski]

Well, you could always try this website:

NOOBS!!!

ACK!

[Kontiki]

Good lord, someone is trying to use the internet for less than honest purposes?!? Who could imagine such a thing?

[Dinner]

Why would anyone fall for those Nigerian phishing tricks after all the years of warnings?

[SlowwHand]

I've gotten that email, and of course it's a scam.

[snoopy369]

That's actually one of the better ones... they of course should've picked a better address like http://irs-refund-money-gov.info/ or something, but what can you do

[Krill]

God people are stupid when it comes to money...

[LordShiva]

I got my $600 refund today. Paid just enough into my 401k last year to be below teh income threshold