PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO SCAM YOU FOR YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION! THE IRS WILL NEVER EMAIL YOU AND WILL NEVER REQUEST YOUR INFORMATION ONLINE. SEE THE EMAIL THAT I, MYSELF, RECEIVED TRYING TO PHISH FOR INFORMATION. THIS IS A REAL EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO ME ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION SO THAT MY REBATE COULD BE LOADED ONTO A CREDIT CARD. THERE IS NO SUCH PROGRAM THROUGH THE IRS.
Subject: IRS Notification - Tax Refund
Date: 07/20/2008 3:25:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Get Tax Refund on your VISA or MasterCard
You got $182.50 tax refund. Please follow the steps to get your refund.
Please enter your Social Security Number and a valid VISA or MasterCard number where you want the refund to be made.
We are asking for your personal information to ensure we access the correct account, enabling us to provide the tax return.
We use and retain your personal information only for this purpose and only long enough to complete the transaction, ensure the security of your system, and as authorized by law. We do not share it other than as provided by law. If you choose not to provide it, we will not be able to fully comply the tax return.
Internal Revenue Code Section 6109 allows us to request your Social Security Number, Credit/Debit Card Number, Expiration Date, CVV Code (located on the back of your credit/debit card) and ATM PIN Code for use in maintaining and accessing tax return information. If you do not enter complete and valid information we cannot provide the tax return.
To collect the Tax Return please click the link bellow and fill in the requested information:
http://www.irs.gov
Thank You.
Do you see how the sender has used an email address that ends in irs.gov so that it looks official? And how they put the irs web address at the bottom as the link that you are supposed to click? These people are very good at what they do. Please, please, please, PLEASE consult with a tax professional or with the IRS before you ever give out your personal information to somebody who calls, emails, or writes you asking for your personal information. It never hurts to check it out!