http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/15/irs-tax-refund-phishing-scheme/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:49:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/15/irs-tax-refund-phishing-scheme/comment-page-1/#comment-117058 EFM Tue, 06 May 2008 19:04:58 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=237#comment-117058 Thank you! I got that same email! But for my stimulus! Ugh! I can't believe I really was thinking that it was real! Thanks so much! Thank you! I got that same email! But for my stimulus! Ugh! I can’t believe I really was thinking that it was real! Thanks so much!

]]> http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/15/irs-tax-refund-phishing-scheme/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 FMF Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:21:52 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=237#comment-1102 Yep, they just get more and more sophisticated. I have to keep a list of legit sites that I frequent and even then, it's still a minefield (like when you get an email from "PayPal"). Yep, they just get more and more sophisticated. I have to keep a list of legit sites that I frequent and even then, it’s still a minefield (like when you get an email from “PayPal”).

]]> http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/12/15/irs-tax-refund-phishing-scheme/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Jeremy Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:43:46 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=237#comment-1019 Thanks for this heads up. I've linked to the post at my new blog <a href="http://financialrevolution.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Financial Revolution</a>. What I find so surprising is not how legit this message looked, but why so many of these scams look so bad (typos, poor quality images, bad grammar.) Considering how lucrative these things are supposed to be, I would think more thiefs would put in the time to do it well. Thanks for this heads up. I’ve linked to the post at my new blog Financial Revolution. What I find so surprising is not how legit this message looked, but why so many of these scams look so bad (typos, poor quality images, bad grammar.) Considering how lucrative these things are supposed to be, I would think more thiefs would put in the time to do it well.

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