IRS dot com
Anyone else get an e-mail from IRS.com to get your tax refund sent directly to your Visa or Mastercard?
I just received one today, politely asking me to "Please enter your Social Security Number and a valid Credit / Debit Card where you want the refund to be made."
Supposedly, to get my $134.80 refund, all I have to do is supply them with some information. They don't ask for much. Just my card number, expiration date, three digit code on the back of the card and my PIN number. Oh yea, and my name, my address, my city, zip code, phone number and e-mail address, too.
Nice. Why don't I just take you smart guys to my bank and cash out my accounts for you while I'm at it? That might make it just a little bit easier. Or better yet, just hand over my home and car keys to you at the same time.
Bozos.
And by the way, the legitimate site is IRS.gov. And even more importantly, the IRS is NOT going to contact you out of the blue and ask for your bank account information, credit card information, or anything else.
Bozos.
A native of Vietnam, 
Comments
Actually if you give them your credit card number and it's the lucky one, you win a prize!
(warning: no actual prize is awarded)
DD: Evan, you're right. You'd win a Booby Prize for getting majorly duped.
Posted by: Evan | April 20, 2008 5:52 PM