Pretty good IRS scam
August 4th, 2008, 8:21 am · 1 Comment · posted by Aaron
I almost fell for this one.
When I got into the office on Monday, I had an e-mail waiting. Actually, I had far more than one e-mail waiting, but one caught my attention. “Notice from Department of the Treasury” was the subject.
Inside it told me that the IRS had done some calculations, and I was getting an additional tax return of $186. Signed, John Stewert, Director, Exempt. Organization, Internal Revenue Service.
SWEET!
But before I clicked “here” to access my refund form, I googled “John Stewert” and “IRS,” and after sifting through a couple of Daily Show fan sites, I found out, sadly, that I was not getting an extra $186 for Uncle Sam and almost the victim of a scam.
One Web site stated:
“It is a scam. The IRS will never, never email you unless you first contact them. They WILL NOT EVER email you to tell you you owe money or are due to receive a refund; or for any other reason. Count on it.”
Which was more convincing than the initial e-mail I received.
Click through to this site to learn more about this tricky IRS scam.
Aaron Aupperlee | city editor
August 14th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Yea and I had one last month from BofA stating my account may have been compromised
.I followed the link and it was asking for ,security reasons of course, much information, name, DOB, mothers maiden name, account number.
Funny thing is. I don’t have a BofA account.
I foreworded the info to the FBI .