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- StatiK69, on 10/10/2007, -2/+44The IRS wanting to give me back money? Oh hell it's a definite scam right there hehehe
- picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -1/+38"allow us 3-6 days in order to process it." = Yeah RIGHT. The IRS doesn't even answer the PHONE in that length of time.
- FreakyD, on 11/03/2007, -1/+19Don't most people nowadays delete ANYTHING that they get from people they don't know?
I do - krets, on 11/03/2007, -2/+20I thought that part about having to forward the email on in 30 seconds or else I'd lose the credit sounded a little fishy.
- Pimpalicious316, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15you have thrown my mind into a paradox. I hate you.
- hammerfied, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14Here's a tip: don't believe anything you read on your computer monitor.
- CasinoJack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12At least they put a bit of effort in - it's somewhat more convincing than the "Bill Gates will pay you $1 for every person yuo forward this too!!!1" e-mail.
- jmpeagle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12there isn't some government IRS file listing everyone's e-mail addresses....might be a privacy issue. This is why they stick to normal mailings.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10E-mail is not secure at all.
- geekchic, on 10/10/2007, -11/+20"Seriously though, would the IRS really contact you via email?"
Why wouldn't they though? It seems quite sensible to me for all goverment agencies regardless of nationality to seek to improve (and speed up) communications with tax payers.
Not to condone spam - it just seems odd to me that there is a presumption that a government department shouldn't use email. - KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11it's even funnier receiving these considering I've never been a US resident.
Has anyone here ever filled one of these out with bogus information, just for ***** and giggles? Nothing beats baiting spammers. - tuxidomasx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9...except that sentence
and this one... - BESTenemy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Don't trust cheap imitations! Don't let the fake IRS steal your money! Leave that job to the real IRS!
- AriaStar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Latest? I work in e-mail security and have seen this exact same message since early last year. The links under the Click Here are rotating domains, often from Taiwan, though the whois info can be anything from Christmas Island to Aruba. Other times the fraud sites are hosted through a hacked family or small business web page.
This message has been increasing in popularity lately, but is NOT new. Our theory is that it's being sent now, rather than at tax time, because most people would expect fraud mail around April, but will have their guard down at other times of the year. - Unlgued, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Scam warnings? In MY Digg?
- MissMoist, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I used my surprise IRS refund to pay for the transaction fees on the $50,000,000 I received for helping a deposed Nigerian dictator's widow move money out of his bank account.
- krets, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6A fool and his money will soon party!
- hiPpymIck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5as far as i know..
any UNSOLICITED email from a source you might otherwise trust - its always a scam
eg
your bank
any gov dept
Microsoft or (Apple?)
your computers manufacturer
Google
Yahoo
Wikipedia (!?!)
a big news agency
..or any other famous name - Xinephzero, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7I consider scam emails to be an electronic form of Darwinism.
If you're stupid enough to get scammed, then, well, get smarter and get some common sense. Survival of the fittest. - abhirules, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Should this even concern the people of Digg community, i think if somebody is a Digg(er) then she/he should very well know which email is spam and which is not......
- Alphateam, on 10/10/2007, -5/+9"a fool and his money are soon parted"
Thomas Tusser (1524-1580). English poet and farmer. - Pimpalicious316, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5then your spam filter isn't doing it's job. go thunderbird!
- AndinoMan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I am not worried, I redirect all financial emails to my accounts in Nigeria.
- MattB123, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5It's just a new twist on an old scam. Just don't be a gullible idiot and you'll be fine.
- archimago42, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I hope diggers would be smart enough to not need to see this article. There is quite a lot of tech news on this site, if you fall for an email money scam you probably suck at life.
- aywwts4, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Jesus Christ Digg, is it that hard to program in a catch that checks for two absolutely identical posts likely submitted milliseconds apart from the same user?
I'm sorry, I was rude... I know unrolling comments and ***** with the threading is priority number one, but perhaps you can get around to it eventually? Thanks. - AROZ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3At least are still some ways of telling, but it's no longer obvious from a glance.
- nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I hear you, boodaa. Which is funny, b/c I didn't look at the replies to geekchic's message. Must be a glitch in the comment system.
- ubuntuedgy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2OMG! Are you serious? These government agencies can't even link criminal databases between federal/state law enforcement agencies and you somehow think that now they can somehow streamline tax credits through an automated email system. Dude! Come on.
- dtilford, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I don't believe you.
- nodonoug, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I think the reason for a lack of an e-mail database woud probably be related to the fact that not everyone has an e-mail address, but to file taxes you pretty much HAVE to have a mailing address.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Dont fall for this "latest" email scam???
I dont fall for ANY email scam.
Who does the author think we are? Buried. - rmxz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Encrypted email is far more secure than postal mail.
This would be a perfect incentive for people to start using more encrypted email - making all email communication safer. - noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3[head explodes]
- amigabill, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How would IRS even know our emails? Check the 1040 form. On the front they ask your name and address. on hte second page near the signatures they ask for phone number. Nowhere do they ask for email address. Thus, how do they know what email address out there belongs to which social security number?
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf?portlet=3 - pp7k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I think the tag should be "don't miss out on your tax rebate!"
Sorry, anyone stupid enough to fall for this deserves it. I don't feel sorry for you and law enforcement shouldn't be wasting their time trying to save you from your stupid self. - tradwolley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2It screams fake even without looking at the hyperlinks. The government making an effort to give away money to tax payers? I call BS on that one.
On another note, are there really people on digg who needed this article to help "keep them safe" on the net? - geekchic, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Most business would go bust with that policy.
- WikiEasy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm waiting for the day when a phishing Digg article links to an exploit web page that infests every reader's browser with a virus...
- ChayD, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Like that statement?
- LoudMusic, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2"Seriously though, would the IRS really contact you via email?"
If you give them your email address, yes. Is it so hard to believe that our government is technologically advanced?
Don't answer that. - PamalaLauren, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I got this several times and I knew right off the bat it was a scam. Why? Because if the IRS owed me money they would have just direct deposited it into my account and sent me a statement. They don't deal through email, that's just stupid. And they already have my banking info from my tax returns anyhow.
- jennamalia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wait, what? The IRS doesn't have my e-mail address, only my physical mailing address. Damned Carnivore (or whatever it's now called) program...
- NoNamesLeft, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Seriously, this is legit folks, don't believe the hype. I got this email about 3 days ago (for a different amount, $425) and can confirm that after following-up they have returned my email and informed me that the rebate will be made as soon as I provide my bank details, drivers license and PayPal login details for a standard security check (they say I could be a terrorist so it is required). The email even had an official logo, so it is obviously real.
- noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2no no, you find a phishing scam that uses a look-alike website like paypal or ebay and write a program to continually autofill it with seemingly real but junk data and let it run for a day or two...
- noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2except how many email accounts do you have with your actual personal information in comparison to email accounts with fake info? i'm pretty sure the IRS isn't going to send anything to John Smith of 1234 nowhere st. springfield, ma... it actually wouldn't make any sense what so ever for anything that's government official to arrive by email that isn't also arriving at your address of residency.
- adt41287, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2i havent, i use gmail
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Uh no. How about vote neither.
- smokespliffz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2he thinks hes guna get sum pussy so hes agreeing with "chic" who is actually a man,
- Wenz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Here's a tip: don't believe EVERYTHING you read on your computer monitor.
FTFY -
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