Henry Raymond

Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Henry on November 18, 2008, 06:00:09 PM

Title: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Henry on November 18, 2008, 06:00:09 PM

I received the following E-Mail which is an obvious scam, but before I trashed it, thought I would take a screen print of it and put it up to warn all of you - This is a scam.  The IRS is not going to send you and E-Mail:

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/newsclips/irsspam.jpg)

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Mike Raburn on November 18, 2008, 06:08:19 PM

irs.com , huh?

That should be easy enough to trace back if the domain is actually active.

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: MikeF9 on November 18, 2008, 06:27:53 PM

I would find another e-mail address for the IRS( a real one) and send them that letter. See if it's real.
Any accountants out there? What do you think?

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Chris Santee on November 18, 2008, 08:06:25 PM

That's a very good phishing expedition.
www.irs.gov is the IRS's web site.

I will dig deeper.

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Chris Santee on November 18, 2008, 08:09:08 PM

irs.com as the sender is phishy.
irs.gov as the link (different from sender) is their first oversight.

Henry, if you still have the actual e-mail could you forward it to me ?

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Henry on November 18, 2008, 08:15:28 PM

I forwarded it to you Chris - I did not even click on the link - Good Luck

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Chris Santee on November 18, 2008, 08:20:19 PM

www.irs.com automatically takes you to banks.com
which is registered to, oddly enough:

Internet Revenue Services ()
222 Kearny Street
Suite 550
San Francisco
CA,94108
US
Tel. +415.9629700

I'll take a look at the headers on the e-mail, Henry, if I can, thanks.

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Henry on November 18, 2008, 10:47:29 PM

I put my cursor over the link to see what the actual link was it would take me too and I came up with the following:

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/newsclips/irsspam1.jpg)

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Mike Raburn on November 19, 2008, 01:10:35 AM

I replied to that e-mail address with my tax info and bank account.

A guy from King Kenya deposited $9,000.00 into my account!!

kidding.

Henry, with your mouse over it shows the phisher .net address.

Seriously...
Send this on to your State AG and I am sure they will look into it.

There is a well known guy up here who was on the news Friday who needs funding for cancer treatment.
There is already a spam going around soliciting "for him".

Damn Bots and scammers.

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: Chris Santee on November 19, 2008, 07:12:59 AM

The IRS is warning of this e-mail now.

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: logical on November 19, 2008, 07:16:27 AM

Info regarding phishing from the IRS.Gov website:

How to Report and Identify Phishing, E-mail Scams and Bogus IRS Web Sites
 
The IRS does not initiate taxpayer communications through e-mail.

The IRS does not request detailed personal information through e-mail.
The IRS does not send e-mail requesting your PIN numbers, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts.
If you receive an e-mail from someone claiming to be the IRS or directing you to an IRS site,

Do not reply.
Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain malicious code that will infect your computer.
Do not click on any links. If you clicked on links in a suspicious e-mail or phishing Web site and entered confidential information, visit our Identity Theft page.
How to report phishing, e-mail scams and bogus IRS Web sites
If you receive an e-mail or find a Web site you think is pretending to be the IRS,

Forward the e-mail or Web site URL to the IRS at phishing@irs.gov.
You can forward the message as received or provide the Internet header of the e-mail. The Internet header has additional information to help us locate the sender.
After you forward the e-mail or header information to us, delete the message.
 
 

Title: Re: Don't Fall For This E-Mail Scam
Post by: logical on November 19, 2008, 07:20:34 AM

Story on this in today's Burlington Free Press:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20081119/BUSINESS/81119003 (http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20081119/BUSINESS/81119003)