Comments on: Internal Revenue Service Scam Email

By: internet marketing specialists denver

internet marketing specialists denver — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:48:10 +0000

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By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:30:15 +0000

I received one in the company general e-mail this morning. Since we do not deal with IRS in the US, I decided to check to see if it is spam…. thanks for confirming this is indeed SPAM.

From:
Subject: Federal Tax payment rejected
Sent date: 09/29/2011 09:34:51 AM

Your federal Tax transaction (ID: 35998699468020), recently sent from your checking account was rejected by the The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System.

Using the Electronic Filing PIN
After you get your Electronic Filing PIN, enter it in the “Electronic Filing PIN” field when filing your return. The Electronic Filing PIN is a temporary PIN used by the IRS to verify your identity when you e-file. Keep a copy of your signed tax return for your records.

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:28:44 +0000

I just received a email purporting to be from the IRS. It has an attachment that I did not open. I believe it is a “phishing” attempt by some entity. Glad I googled it.

By: carrieann

carrieann — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:33:16 +0000

I just got one of these e-mails, thank god for these posts. They are still out there.

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aptsarizona — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:33:58 +0000

Your writing has inspired me to totally rethink the way I write. I really appreciate all your hard work. So, you’re not going to be a spambastard anymore then?

By: Burton Haynes

Burton Haynes — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:44:47 +0000

Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor. So what? BM

By: Gracia Holster

Gracia Holster — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:03:30 +0000

FEBUARY 6th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!! STEEELERS!!! Wooh! We just love you Americans in the UK - You are so………….. wooooooh! Oh yes, and like the your nation’s involvement in the second world war, you’re a bit late with this post! Not that I’m not grateful for the deep and meaningful, on-topic insight into my article. Thanks ever so much. BM

By: Brockell196@gmail.com

Brockell196@gmail.com — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:23:49 +0000

When I originally commented I clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get four emails with the identical comment. Is there any approach you can remove me from that service? Thanks! A phantom button has appeared on the site! Where did you see the Notify me button on the blog? You’ve either written to the wrong blog, or you are one of these sneaky wee spambastards that just writes anything in a comment hoping to get a link? Which is it? BM

By: salary calculator

salary calculator — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:22:57 +0000

Found this page posted on the discussion board that my spouse and I run and suspected it was spam but luckily we still checked it and now I have been reading your site for 40 minutes

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.