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Paul · 01-15-2008, 08:37 AM

I had a client receive an email from what looked to be the IRS stating that they were intitled to a refund of $182.60. "Click here" to claim your refund and it asks for your name, social security number and other personal info. I have never had the IRS make initial contact by email and in the body of the email it uses u instead of you.

Be careful with your identity information.

Dhunter55 · 01-15-2008, 08:40 AM

Beware, for sure. BTW, I like your screen name.

dave_in_delaware · 01-15-2008, 08:51 AM

This is why, when I get "suspicious" looking emails from supposed companies, I don't even open it, but right-click on the email, select Properties, click on the Details tab, and click Message Source. Maximize this window, and check out who it REALLY came from.

Then forward it to spam@uce.gov

Using this method, you can also read the entire email body (text), or see if it's actually html going to a website, and look at the code to see where your "click on this link" really takes you, etc. All this without ever actually opening the email. Because once you open the email, they know your email address is valid (then the spam begins)...

Remember, the IRS, banks, credit unions, etc NEVER ask you for personal info via email!

Rusty Shackelford · 01-15-2008, 08:54 AM

On their website, the IRS has an e-mail for you to forward these types of spam to.

Tard · 01-15-2008, 09:01 AM

"Rusty" (as if that's your real name), did you just end your sentence in a preposition? My lord, man.

Dhunter55 · 01-15-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Tard

"Rusty" (as if that's your real name), did you just end your sentence in a preposition? My lord, man.

That reminds me.........

A good ol Alabama boy received a scholarship to Harvard. His first day on campus, he walked up to a Senior and with his thick Southern drawl he politely asked, "Can you tell me where the library's at?

The Senior, in his snooty New England voice replied, "We, at Harvard, never end our sentences in a preposition."

The Alabama boy, embarrassed, replied, "Can I ask you again?"

"Of course," replied the Senior with a smirk on his face.

"Can you tell me where the library's at...........A$$hole?"

jtkratzer · 01-15-2008, 09:51 AM

I got one of those a while back...I always check the email address to see if something is legit. If it's something from the government, it's not going to end in .com...it will most likely be .gov

I like the emails about the sum of money to be used for ministry or transferring funds into the country...

**TacoMalo** · 01-15-2008, 03:37 PM

My rule of thumb is if it's something important it will be sent registered mail or just first class mail not e-mailed so I never click anything I didn't ask for.

Tard · 01-15-2008, 03:49 PM

Yep, my rules are simple: if THEY contact ME and it's about banking, etc, I won't talk to them. A couple of times I've gotten a call from 'the bank', taken down the persons name and which bank, then hung up, looked up the real banks number and asked to speak to that person.

They are impressed, saying it's nearly bulletproof to do it this way.

Rusty, I'm watching you, buddy!

Yuppicide · 01-15-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dave_in_delaware

right-click on the email, select Properties, click on the Details tab, and click Message Source. Maximize this window, and check out who it REALLY came from.

I'm sorta "Compu-tarded" but I thought I'd give this a try. I can right click on an E-Mail and get the Properties box to "pop-up" but I can't find a Details tab or message source button. What gives?

01-15-2008, 08:37 AM	#1
Paul XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,681	Refund Fraud I had a client receive an email from what looked to be the IRS stating that they were intitled to a refund of $182.60. "Click here" to claim your refund and it asks for your name, social security number and other personal info. I have never had the IRS make initial contact by email and in the body of the email it uses u instead of you. Be careful with your identity information. __________________ Paul

01-15-2008, 08:40 AM	#2
Dhunter55 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bikini Paradise Posts: 3,863	Beware, for sure. BTW, I like your screen name. __________________ Let the R3VOLution begin! Go Fins

01-15-2008, 08:51 AM	#3
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,158	This is why, when I get "suspicious" looking emails from supposed companies, I don't even open it, but right-click on the email, select Properties, click on the Details tab, and click Message Source. Maximize this window, and check out who it REALLY came from. Then forward it to spam@uce.gov Using this method, you can also read the entire email body (text), or see if it's actually html going to a website, and look at the code to see where your "click on this link" really takes you, etc. All this without ever actually opening the email. Because once you open the email, they know your email address is valid (then the spam begins)... Remember, the IRS, banks, credit unions, etc NEVER ask you for personal info via email! __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms] Last edited by dave_in_delaware; 01-15-2008 at 08:54 AM.

01-15-2008, 09:01 AM	#5
Tard XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Machias, WA Posts: 3,852	"Rusty" (as if that's your real name), did you just end your sentence in a preposition? My lord, man. __________________ If you aren't part of the solution you are part of the precipitate.

01-15-2008, 09:51 AM	#7
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,542	I got one of those a while back...I always check the email address to see if something is legit. If it's something from the government, it's not going to end in .com...it will most likely be .gov I like the emails about the sum of money to be used for ministry or transferring funds into the country... __________________ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson The Gun Lounge Pennyslvania Firearms Owners Association Hockey Forum

01-15-2008, 08:54 AM	#4
Rusty Shackelford XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 304	On their website, the IRS has an e-mail for you to forward these types of spam to.

01-15-2008, 03:37 PM	#8
TacoMalo XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,745	My rule of thumb is if it's something important it will be sent registered mail or just first class mail not e-mailed so I never click anything I didn't ask for. __________________ "Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!" "I drink diet coke so I can eat regular cake!" Gabriel Iglesias 2007

01-15-2008, 03:49 PM	#9
Tard XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Machias, WA Posts: 3,852	Yep, my rules are simple: if THEY contact ME and it's about banking, etc, I won't talk to them. A couple of times I've gotten a call from 'the bank', taken down the persons name and which bank, then hung up, looked up the real banks number and asked to speak to that person. They are impressed, saying it's nearly bulletproof to do it this way. Rusty, I'm watching you, buddy! __________________ If you aren't part of the solution you are part of the precipitate.

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