Stimulation Package Scam

[Boxlicker101]

My wife and I received this email today. This is an obvious scam because, if the IRS is aware that we are eligible, and for how much, they would never need to ask for all that info. I hope nobody gets taken in by this kind of thing.



Over 130 million Americans will receive refunds as
part of President Bush program to jumpstart the economy.

Please enter your Personal Information and the Debit Card where refunds will be made.


2008 Economic Stimulus Refund


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[jomar]

I couldn't see it - the link took me to my Yahoo account. You might need to cut and paste.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I couldn't see it - the link took me to my Yahoo account. You might need to cut and paste.

Okay, I changed it. My God, they are even asking for the PIN that goes with our ATM card. They don't just want the money from the IRS. They want to clean out the whole checking account.

 

[jomar]

What was the rationale for them asking for the information?

 

[R. Richard]

Typical e-mail scam. Go phishing and get mabe a 1% response rate. Get the IRS refunds and clean out several people's bank accounts.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Typical e-mail scam. Go phishing and get mabe a 1% response rate. Get the IRS refunds and clean out several people's bank accounts.

They didn't give any rationale; they just asked for the info and said it was necessary. I'm sure most persons will realize it is a scam, but some will be swindled.

Yahoo! doesn't have a way to report phishing scams the way some providers do. I will try to suggest that they rectify this.

 

[Guest]

Oh.

I thought you meant the political reasons behind the package in the first place.

 

[jomar]

They didn't give any rationale; they just asked for the info and said it was necessary. I'm sure most persons will realize it is a scam, but some will be swindled.

Yahoo! doesn't have a way to report phishing scams the way some providers do. I will try to suggest that they rectify this.

Pretty bold. And I bet a few people will get cleaned out.

 

[starrkers]

I got something similar, which is rather amusing when you consider my location.

 

[S-Des]

There has been a warning out about this one for a while now. You just have to hope that people are getting to the point where they aren't going to fall for something like this. On a related note, I had my own run-in with an IRS scam relating to the stimulus check. Although this year's taxes were paid on time (and overpaid) as was last years, I am on a repayment schedule for 2 previous years returns. I got a letter saying that they were keeping my $600 because I "hadn't paid" yet (somehow I didn't think the point of us borrowing $200 billion from the Chinese was so the IRS could get their money back a little faster).