Comments on: Internal Revenue Service Scam Email

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:38:09 +0000

I got one today, saying i was owed a tax refund of $550, due to the fact that i know exactly that i’m owed nothing in tax,it became apparent it was a scam once i read it was from IRS, which doesn’t exist here in Australia, lol, if i was a US citizen, maybe if i was working i might have fallen for it but for the fact there was no name or contact, very unprofession letter to say the least, i hope no US citizen will fall for it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:31:11 +0000

I saw this mail yesterday in my mailbox, luckly I didn’t trust it and Google’d it

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:49:31 +0000

I have received over 50 of these emails. I just got 2 in the last 5 minutes…I think this can be traced back to facebook applications.. someone harvested my email address from there and my spam went through the roof… never use a good email address for facebook! You will regret it!!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:53:34 +0000

BM - PLEASE - for the sake of ‘older’ and non-tech-savvy patrons - ALWAYS clarify the distinction between a Free Antivirus SCANNER and one that actually “disinfects.” The older and/or non-tech-savvy folks may take your comment on Panda to mean that it will protect & disinfect them - NOT TRUE. Only the “paid” version actually “protects & disinfects;” the ‘free’ version simply ’scans’ and says, “You have this infection” - it does NOTHING to block or clean any infection(s).

Granted, you did say, “…free, effective online [scan]” but still, that is not clear enough - because non-tech-savvy folks are quite likely to assume an AV ’scanner’ = an AV disinfectant. Thanks.
Thanks for claryfying that Jeff. BM

By: E Wright

E Wright — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:01:25 +0000

This is the third email I have received at my office. I called the IRS the first time, but the email address, they advised I forward the email to them. When I attempted to forward it to the irs.gov, the message returned. So now I’m just setting it up to automatically delete this message. Any other suggestions? Just ignore them and don’t worry about it. They haven’t singled you out, they send out to tens of thousands of addresses a minute and don’t know who any of them are. BM

By: Cath L

Cath L — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:10:16 +0000

I received this email today BUT to my work email which obviously would not be the first point of contact from any revenue service. It did however panic me a little until I sourced your site. Obviously not genuine!

By: thundrio

thundrio — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:52:55 +0000

my parents were checking there email and in it was this scam email unfortunately by the time i figured out that they were looking at something suspicous and went over to check they had clicked on the link (but no personal info was entered) i closed the window right away and disabled the wireless. i need to know what i should do to get rid of any possible viruses that downloaded on to the computer. thanks a lot for any help.

There are lots of good pieces of virus scan products out there, but if you are looking for a free, effective online scan, try Panda at http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/ BM

By: Jane K.

Jane K. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:42:08 +0000

I received this email today. As an enrolled agent working for a CPA firm, I know that it is a phishing scam, but I know a lot of clients who would click on the link.

By: lee

lee — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:41:45 +0000

Interestingly we are all called LEE. I received 3 emails today, 1 in my junk box mail and 2 in the Inbox and like others it did make me worry ‘what do they know I don’t!’, yep I’m one of the older idiots that don’t know scams from real. But, I didn’t open them, checked the No out on the Internet and hit your page; thank you for posting the info, I can sleep soundly tonight without worry. Lee

By: Arjo Gupta

Arjo Gupta — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:59:39 +0000

I got one today
Earlier was very tensed to see that mail..
Then searched google and saw this post.
Thanks for the info.

By: michael

michael — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:57:10 +0000

My wife got one of these too! And almost got sucked in! Thanks for your post!

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:51:10 +0000

I received one of these today too. You’re right it’s not convincing, especially as I’m a UK citizen, but it’s never nice to see the words “tax” and “underreported” in the same message! Fewer people will be scammed by it because of notices like yours put into the public domain. Keep up the good work.