IRS refund scam?

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 19

Got this one in my catcher e-mail today: It also had an IRS icon as the opening text and the site looks pretty legit. I can see hopw this would fool some people, especially the relatively small refund amount.

from Internal Revenue Service <[email protected]> hide details Oct 30 (14 hours ago)
reply-to [email protected]
date Oct 30, 2007 5:20 PM
subject IRS Important Notification - Message ID: WWJOMDMNYT

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 $147.59.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-9 days in order to IWP
the data received.

If you distribute funds to other organizations, your records must show whether
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 manner of
section; and the relationship 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

http://218.11.132.18:8080/tax-refunds/Get_tax_refunding.html

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

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

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:23 pm

Forward it to [email protected]. That IP seems to be from AU, and everything on there is in some Asian language.

I just generally forward those directly to that email address.