Internal Revenue Service Phishing Scam
My Favorite part of this email: “Deliberate wrong imputs are criminally pursued and indicted” [sic] I did it anyway; I’m crazy like that.
From: Internal Revenue Service [mailto:online.survey@IRS.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:21 PM
Subject: IRS Survey: $90.00 to your account - Just for your time
Importance: High
Congratulations!
You’ve been selected to take part in our quick and easy 9 questions survey In return we will credit $90.00 to your account - Just for your time!
Please spare two minutes of your time and take part in our online survey so we can improve our services.
Don’t miss this chance to change something.
To participate in this survey Click Here
This notification has been sent by the Internal Revenue Service,a bureau of the Department of the Treasury.
© Copyright 2008, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A.
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Note:
▪ If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your ISP
▪ For security reasons, we will record your ip address, the date and time.
▪ Deliberate wrong imputs are criminally pursued and indicted.
Survey ID :
JNEFJQCPNPQKBVIDFNRUQVZBZGTCLRCORQLORS
Investigator’s Notes
IRS Phishing Email. It should be noted that the fraudulent IRS website looks pretty convincing except for the fact that it asks for complete debit card account information and none of the rest of the navigation links work.
The link directs the visitor to http://cyber.skuniv.ac.kr:8080/complete.IRS.online/survey.php?Where_is_my_survey&Get_Survey
Tags: Phish Bait (Scam Emails)