Journal dexterpexter's Journal: Hahahaha! Internal Revenue Service Phishing 3
Apparently even the IRS couldn't resist the lure of a free gmail account. My question is: who gave the IRS an Invite? And who granted the IRS copyright protection? One of the more clever phishing scams, so I thought I would share. I think that this phisher would do better waiting until after April to throw this out there.
from Internal Revenue Service (tax-refund@gmail.com)
to
date Jan 29, 2008 6:40 PM
subject Notification of Tax RefundNotification of Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard Now
Dear Citizen:
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity
we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $203.59.
Please submit the tax refund request and allowus 6-9 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 here :
((LINK REMOVED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS))
> For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and time.
> Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicatedRegards,
Internal Revenue Service*************************************************
© Copyright 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A.
*************************************************
At least the "Internal Revenue Service" (U.S.A, in case you were confused) signed their regards. Polite!
Edit: Added the gmail address back in, as it was eaten in HTML.
Hah! They like me better - I got 6 of 'em so far! (Score:2)
I have been getting that phishing email over and over for weeks. Every one of them has a different dollar amount, has a different originating email address and points to a different URL.
I feel slighted (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
I can forward a couple to you, if you like. While I could use the money, let it not be said that I won't share... :-D