An
Email with the Subject "Notification - Tax Refund!" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:48:33 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "Internal Revenue Service" <internal.revenue@refunds.us-irs.gov>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in
this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be
added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
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[delivery-date:] => Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:48:33 -0800
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[date:] => Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:48:20 -0400
[from:] => "Internal Revenue Service"
[x-mailer:] => The Bat! (v2.01) Business
[x-priority:] => 3 (Normal)
[message-id:] => <3922685818.OI86HDJK444564@qgpnshtrapubn.bpmkrclgjpjuew.org>
[to:] => admin@scamdex.com
[subject:] => Notification - Tax Refund!
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[x-spam-status:] => No, score=3.5
[x-spam-score:] => 35
[x-spam-bar:] => +++
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)
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Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive 670.77$ tax refund under section 501(c) (15) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please submit the Tax Refund Request Form and allow us 3-9 days to process it.
Yours faithfully,
Sarah Hall Ingram, Commissioner
This notification has been sent by the Internal Revenue Service, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury.
Internal Revenue Service
United States Department of the Treasury
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive 670.77$ tax refund under section 501(c) (15) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please submit the Tax Refund Request Form and allow us 3-9 days to process it.
Yours faithfully,
Sarah Hall Ingram, Commissioner
This notification has been sent by the Internal Revenue Service, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury.
