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21.6.11

Another Scam: From IRS.gov - "Federal Tax payment rejected..."

Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:29 AM
 
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam]Federal Tax payment rejected
 
Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury
Your Tax payment (ID: 225374379277), recently from your checking account was returned by the your financial institution.

Canceled Tax transfer
Tax Transaction ID: 225374379277
Reason for rejection See details in the report below
Tax Transaction Report tax_report_225374379277.pdf.exe (self-extracting archive, Adobe PDF)

Internal Revenue Service, Metro Plex 1, 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Landover, MD  20785
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2 comments:

Lori said...

I just received this one today. I figured it was a scam because the "PDF" became a URL when I moused over it. And it wasn't sending me to either the EFTPS site or IRS.

September 29, 2011 6:15 AM
Anonymous said...

I received this one today. Did not open it. The sender's name was Graham_Donnelly.

September 30, 2011 1:44 PM

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