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A new Scam?

Just got this e-mail today. Seems like the scammers are keeping up with the news anyway!

Please be careful when giving out any personal information.

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that
you are eligible to receive a Stimulus Payment.
Please submit the Stimulus Payment Online Form in order to process it.

A Stimulus Payment can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

To submit your Stimulus Payment form, please download the attached document.

Note: If filing or preparation fees were deducted from your 2007 Refund or you
received a refund anticipation loan, you will be receiving a check instead of a
direct deposit.

Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

All the best!

Kevin

Posted by Kevin O'Shea, White Plains, NY Real Estate on 01/30/2009 12:26 PM

Comments (8)

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8 Comments on A new Scam?

JAN

kevin - this is just one of MANY that i have received over the last few weeks - mind boggling!

Oh! I received that one too! I wanred my teenager about that one - that's something that would definitely catch your eye. Did you see the article about the justice department sending out a bogus email to see how well their employees could spot spam? The article says the employees did not fair so well....

JAN

I got one of those emails a little over a week ago. . .I love it when they emanate from a yahoo email account in a foreign country.

FEB

I keep getting one from the same "company" offering me a job...part of what I would have to do is collect payments and put them through my bank account...right then and there I stopped reading and deleted it. My momma didn't raise no fools!

FEB

Hi Kevin... I just started seeing this earlier in the week. People need to be careful, there is lots of this kind of scam out there. Let the consumer beware!

Hi All

Thanks for the comments. It is going to get worse with the economy. Be careful out there.

All the best!

There are stimulus scams everywhere it seems now. Over on facebook ads pop up offering you "your $34,454 stimulus check - call now".

FEB

It is amazing, and I think with the economy worse, people will be more inventive.

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