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May 21, 2008
Phishing spam amuses me
The following email arrived today. Can you count the errors that make it clear this is a phishing expidition of some sort...or else the IRS really needs to review their hiring practices. Post your counts in comments....I will wait 48 or so before I post my count and approve all the comments.
FROM: "Internal Revenue Service"
DATE: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:35:21 +0100
TO: undisclosed-recipients:;
SUBJECT: Notice from Department of the Treasury
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Tax refund value is $189.60. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to IWP the data received. If u don't receive your refund within 9 business days from the original IRS mailing date shown, you can start a refund trace online.
If you distribute funds to other organization, your records must show wether they are exempt under section 497 (c) (15). In cases where the recipient org. is not exempt under section 497 (c) (15), you must have evidence the funds will be used for section 497 (c) (15) purposes.
If you distribute fund to individuals, you should keep case histories showing the recipient's name and address; the purpose of the award; the maner of section; and the realtionship of the recipient to any of your officers, directors,
trustees, members, or major contributors.
To access the form for your tax refund, please click here (http://www.aol.com/redir.adp?_url=
http://www.nscaledepot.com/cart/refund/login.html)
This notification has been sent by the Internal Revenue Service, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury.
Sincerely Yours,
John Stewart
Director, Exempt. Organization
Rulings and Agreements Letter
Internal Revenue Service
Posted by prolurkr at May 21, 2008 11:19 AM
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Posted by: cathy at May 21, 2008 01:45 PM
I got it too.
Must be an avid texter - "if u do not ...."
Posted by: stephen at May 22, 2008 01:39 PM
Ooooh, a game!!! Cultural differences aside (and there I must have missed many glaring mistakes) there are two different strands of yuckiness: grammar and spelling (at least 4) use of Internet speak and txt speak in official email (2) and weird stuff: undisclosed recipient with the same amount due to them, aol.com address. The sincerely yours sounds off to me as well, but that could be cultural difference. All in all, I counted 10 errors. Do I win a trip to see the Internal Revenue?