Check this email scam out!

hearingimpared
hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
edited May 2010 in The Clubhouse
I received this as an email today. How stupid do they think we are?
Dear Taxpayer,

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $397.50.


Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 6-9 days in order to process it.


A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.


To access your tax refund, use the form attached to this email.


Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

It didn't even come from a .gov email address. BTW the dopes didn't attach the "form" to the email. UGH!
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited May 2010
    I get a lot of that crap too.
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,591
    edited May 2010
    The dead give away on this one is its supposed to be from the IRS. I think everyone knows the IRS pretty much never sends anyone anything... and when they do - its to let them know they will receive a response in a month - and then after that their response says they'll do what that letter says in 8 weeks.

    The IRS should not exist. My pimply nose step bro could do what the IRS does more effeciently...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited May 2010
    Damn! I guess I fell victim to that scam. I thought I had money coming. It explains why my checks have been bouncing. I didn't see a problem giving them my bank information, Social Security numbers and PINs????:p:D
    Carl

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited May 2010
    Dear Polk Forum member,

    It has been discovered in our records that you ordered a complete Signature Reference Theater System, consisting of:


    7 enclosures, including: two main Front speakers, two 300 watt Powered Subwoofers, one matched Center Channel Speaker, two dipole/bipole Surround Speakers and an SRT Control Center with wireless remote.
    35 active drivers, 600 watts of subwoofer power
    Polk Audio's exclusive Dynamic Balance driver technology for razor sharp inner detail and low distortion
    Patented High Velocity Compression Drive and Power Port technologies for bass that will literally shake the ground beneath your feet
    Patented SDA Soundstage technology for the most precise localization and most enveloping three dimensional imaging possible, it's "Virtual Reality Audio"
    Exclusive Speed Matching technology for seamless system blending, impact and attack
    Wireless remote SRT Control Center for precise sound adjustment with unparalleled convenience
    Bass response down to 16Hz, 120dB SPL at 30Hz
    Modular design allowing a wide variety of SRT Home Theater Configurations.


    We appologize for the delay in getting this remarkable system to you, but with the closing of the store that you placed your order with, you were lost in the shuffle, so to speak. Rest assured that this your system is safe and ready to ship, new and ready for your enjoyment.

    As a clearinghouse for surplus electronics, it took great effort to find your name and fill your order. In recognition of those efforts, please pay for shipping and a nominal handling fee of 1000.00 to your private escrow account in the Bank of Nigeria, and your order will be shipped imediately...


    :D;):D;):D;):D:D:D:p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    I've been getting so many scam spams each day from all over the world from a dying grandmother wanting to make sure I do well with her inheritance because she can't trust her family all the way to lawyers having money for me, winning BS lotterys. It never ends.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited May 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Dear Polk Forum member,

    It has been discovered in our records that you ordered a complete Signature Reference Theater System, consisting of:


    7 enclosures, including: two main Front speakers, two 300 watt Powered Subwoofers, one matched Center Channel Speaker, two dipole/bipole Surround Speakers and an SRT Control Center with wireless remote.
    35 active drivers, 600 watts of subwoofer power
    Polk Audio's exclusive Dynamic Balance driver technology for razor sharp inner detail and low distortion
    Patented High Velocity Compression Drive and Power Port technologies for bass that will literally shake the ground beneath your feet
    Patented SDA Soundstage technology for the most precise localization and most enveloping three dimensional imaging possible, it's "Virtual Reality Audio"
    Exclusive Speed Matching technology for seamless system blending, impact and attack
    Wireless remote SRT Control Center for precise sound adjustment with unparalleled convenience
    Bass response down to 16Hz, 120dB SPL at 30Hz
    Modular design allowing a wide variety of SRT Home Theater Configurations.


    We appologize for the delay in getting this remarkable system to you, but with the closing of the store that you placed your order with, you were lost in the shuffle, so to speak. Rest assured that this your system is safe and ready to ship, new and ready for your enjoyment.

    As a clearinghouse for surplus electronics, it took great effort to find your name and fill your order. In recognition of those efforts, please pay for shipping and a nominal handling fee of 1000.00 to your private escrow account in the Bank of Nigeria, and your order will be shipped imediately...


    :D;):D;):D;):D:D:D:p


    This really works! :D
    I sent $4000 and got 4 complete SRT systems! :D:D:D
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2010
    Damn these Chinese 'filters' are good! I haven't gotten on of those yet! Well maybe censorship is GOOD for something!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited May 2010
    I got a call one day from some guy in India saying he was from the IRS and was elligible for 4000 bucks. I told him thats funny I work for the IRS and he hung up. (I dont but it did the trick)
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  • FiveORacing
    FiveORacing Posts: 105
    edited May 2010
    I got a whole bunch of money in Nigerian banks, or so I'm told.:rolleyes:

    Lately I'm getting a bunch of "Your package in undeliverable, please fill out the information in this link...":confused:
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited May 2010
    my favorite is a south african millionair needs a place to keep more money, please forward bank account # for funds transfer... I've actually got this e-mail twice
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    sa 8300 hd dvr
    sda 2b's
    fronts - rti a9's
    center - csi a6
    surrounds - fxi a6's
    sub - polk dsw pro 600
    harmony one
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    FiveORacing wrote: »
    I got a whole bunch of money in Nigerian banks, or so I'm told.:rolleyes:

    Lately I'm getting a bunch of "Your package in undeliverable, please fill out the information in this link...":confused:
    superjunior wrote: »
    my favorite is a south african millionair needs a place to keep more money, please forward bank account # for funds transfer... I've actually got this e-mail twice

    LMAO! I've received those too!:mad::eek:
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited May 2010
    Fireman32 wrote: »
    I got a call one day from some guy in India saying he was from the IRS and was elligible for 4000 bucks. I told him thats funny I work for the IRS and he hung up. (I dont but it did the trick)

    Oh I like that one.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
    NORTH of 60°
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited May 2010
    Grab a list of, say, 100,000 email addresses. If only a tenth of a percent actually respond, that gives you 100 suckers whose bank accounts can be bled dry. Even at one-hundredth of a percent, that's 10... Or you could send out a million or more... In any case, all you need is one gullible individual, and you could have a fairly lucrative day, or week - or month.

    Be mindful of the more socially-engineered variety. A friend's email account was hacked recently (changed his password). Then the scumbags sent what appeared to be personal emails from him - written and signed just as he would, since they also had access to his sent mail... They explained that he had to suddenly fly to the UK to tend to his sick Aunt... Of course, he needed some $$ to fly her back and pay for her surgery, which was curiously unavailable over there... Hopefully nobody responded - perhaps it was because the emails were all sent out on April 1 - I actually thought it was some sick joke he was pulling (although that would not have been like him). The worst part was that once he became aware of the situation, he couldn't even contact everyone, because his contacts were only available in his account. He ended up making lots of phone calls.
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  • j allen
    j allen Posts: 363
    edited May 2010
    From what I've read, some of these things will actually deposit money to your account, and pay you a percentage of the funds. It all depends on whether you mind money laundering for drug/weapons cartels...
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited May 2010
    j allen wrote: »
    From what I've read, some of these things will actually deposit money to your account, and pay you a percentage of the funds. It all depends on whether you mind money laundering for drug/weapons cartels...

    As tight as money is here, I wouldn't even consider helping out criminals!
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