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Text of Faux IRS Tax Refund Phishing Scam Email

Paul Caron

I finally received one of those scam emails promising a tax refund for clicking on a faux IRS web site:

Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:37:59 +0800
To: paul.caron-at-uc.edu
Subject: receive a tax refund of $63.80
From: Internal Revenue Service service-at-IRS.Gov

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $63.80. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 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.

Regards,

Internal Revenue Service

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Paul Caron
Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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4 responses to “Text of Faux IRS Tax Refund Phishing Scam Email”

  1. Don't Mess With Taxes Avatar
    Don’t Mess With Taxes

    Escaping the phishing net

    It’s official. I’m tax scam bait. This showed up in my e-mail on Saturday: Internal Revenue Service admin-at-irs.gov to meDate: Mar 25, 2006 3:33 pm (2 hours ago) Subject: receive a tax refund …More options After the last annual calculations of your …

  2. Don't Mess With Taxes Avatar
    Don’t Mess With Taxes

    Escaping the phishing net

    It’s official. I’m tax scam bait. This showed up in my e-mail on Saturday: Internal Revenue Service admin-at-irs.gov to meDate: Mar 25, 2006 3:33 pm (2 hours ago) Subject: receive a tax refund …More options After the last annual calculations of your …

  3. Don't Mess With Taxes Avatar
    Don’t Mess With Taxes

    Escaping the phishing net

    It’s official. I’m tax scam bait. This showed up in my e-mail on Saturday: Internal Revenue Service admin-at-irs.gov to meDate: Mar 25, 2006 3:33 pm br(2 hours ago) Subject: receive a tax refund …More options After the last annual calculations of you…

  4. Jim Maule Avatar
    Jim Maule

    Welcome to the club. I’ve received so many of these that it gave me a chance to notice that they are identical. Not a variation among the bunch. Do I get $63.80 each time I get a notice? 🙂
    Blogged at MauledAgain.