Got a new IRS phishing scam in my home e-mail today. Besides the usual grammatical errors, who would believe that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service would voluntarily provide a refund? Especially to e-mail addresses, when the IRS collects via physical home address.
Looking at the router droppings, the e-mail originates from a server at the University of Houston, which I believe is hacked. The link (which I've defused in the above quote) points to 207.226.88.28, an address owned by Beyond The Network America, Inc., and sub-leased to IronPath Networks. The specific server addressed is one named "~test", which I also suspect of being hacked.
I have informed the IRS. They tend to take a dim view of such shennanigans.
Edited to add: If you get one of these, or any e-mail purportedly from the IRS, forward that e-mail to [email protected]
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $63.80. 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
Regards,
Internal Revenue Service
Looking at the router droppings, the e-mail originates from a server at the University of Houston, which I believe is hacked. The link (which I've defused in the above quote) points to 207.226.88.28, an address owned by Beyond The Network America, Inc., and sub-leased to IronPath Networks. The specific server addressed is one named "~test", which I also suspect of being hacked.
I have informed the IRS. They tend to take a dim view of such shennanigans.
Edited to add: If you get one of these, or any e-mail purportedly from the IRS, forward that e-mail to [email protected]
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