Another phishing effort to watch out for-

This arrived in my email this afternoon. It looked pretty official and included a logo photo from the Internal Revenue Service.

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $79.80. 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. [no link in this post.]

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service


© Copyright 2006, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved..

I did click the link, which was obviously not from a .gov address, only to find a "Suspended Page" notification, so somebody's paying attention and blocking this privacy invasion attempt.

Just be on the look-out and don't be foolish by submitting your personal information where an unscrupulous thief [redundancy alert] can take advantage of you.